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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q4_K_XL

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
68 vs 90
Hardware Fit
100 vs 82
Quality Score
54 vs 93

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
MachineMacBook AirASUS
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM32 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 26.3cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
Tokens/sec77.3156.5
First chunk177 ms10 ms
TTFT177 ms124 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.2 GB23.3 GB
Memory %4%76%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
12/30

Quality

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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