liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit

Good

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

74 vs 71

Hardware Fit

84 vs 35

Quality Score

69 vs 86

Hardware

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b google/gemma-3-27b

MachineMac miniMac mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM24 GB24 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b google/gemma-3-27b

Tokens/sec58.95.9

First chunk28 ms19 ms

TTFT481 ms1.8 s

Load timeN/AN/A

Memory usage17.5 GB22.0 GB

Memory %73%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

14/30

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

18/20

Instruction

16/20

Structured

15/15

Math

11/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest

$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest