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liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit

Good

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 68
Hardware Fit
84 vs 98
Quality Score
69 vs 55

Hardware

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b gemma3:1b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec58.939.5
First chunk28 msN/A
TTFT481 ms333 ms
Load timeN/A1.6 s
Memory usage17.5 GB1.3 GB
Memory %73%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

Quality

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest