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liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit

Good

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 77
Hardware Fit
84 vs 67
Quality Score
69 vs 81

Hardware

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b openai/gpt-oss-20b
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 openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec58.930.5
First chunk28 ms18 ms
TTFT481 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage17.5 GB15.8 GB
Memory %73%66%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
17/30

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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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