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hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 2.7B · unknown

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

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OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
61 vs 66
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
46 vs 51

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec31.085.4
First chunk129 ms115 ms
TTFT129 ms115 ms
Load time3.5 s0.5 s
Memory usage6.6 GB2.6 GB
Memory %41%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…

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

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

Quality

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Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

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Reasoning
14/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
6/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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