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lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
78 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 77
Quality Score
68 vs 81

Hardware

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1418
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec105.9129.8
First chunk252 ms77 ms
TTFT252 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A1.8 s
Memory usage0.1 GB19.7 GB
Memory %0%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2-24b-a2b

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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