liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
74 vs 77
Hardware Fit
84 vs 67
Quality Score
69 vs 81
Hardware
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec58.920.3
First chunk28 ms4216 ms
TTFT481 ms4.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage17.5 GB5.6 GB
Memory %73%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
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
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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