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lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 58
Hardware Fit
100 vs 68
Quality Score
68 vs 54

Hardware

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec105.916.7
First chunk252 ms23 ms
TTFT252 ms14.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.1 GB7.8 GB
Memory %0%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2-24b-a2b

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

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

lfm2-24b-a2b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate

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