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gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
50 vs 60
Hardware Fit
97 vs 80
Quality Score
30 vs 52

Hardware

gemma3:270m lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M3 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1214
RAM36 GB48 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:270m lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec239.2227.0
First chunk127 ms60 ms
TTFT127 ms30.0 s
Load time0.7 s0.7 s
Memory usage0.6 GB2.6 GB
Memory %2%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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