lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma-3-1b-it
LM-STUDIO GGUFgemma3 · 1B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Global Score
68 vs 59
Hardware Fit
100 vs 76
Quality Score
54 vs 52
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-3-1b-it
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-3-1b-it
Tokens/sec77.38.7
First chunk177 ms2078 ms
TTFT177 ms2.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.2 GB0.8 GB
Memory %4%5%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma-3-1b-it
Speed
29/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
28/30
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-3-1b-it
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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