liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
hermes3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
74 vs 74
Hardware Fit
84 vs 94
Quality Score
69 vs 65
Hardware
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b hermes3:8b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b hermes3:8b
Tokens/sec58.922.3
First chunk28 ms296 ms
TTFT481 ms296 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage17.5 GB10.2 GB
Memory %73%32%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30
hermes3:8b
Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
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
hermes3:8b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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