liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
74 vs 89
Hardware Fit
84 vs 97
Quality Score
69 vs 86
Hardware
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec58.9130.2
First chunk28 ms5 ms
TTFT481 ms135 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage17.5 GB26.6 GB
Memory %73%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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