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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

phi-1_5

LM-STUDIO GGUF

phi2 · Q8_0

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
68 vs 28
Hardware Fit
100 vs 66
Quality Score
54 vs 11

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… phi-1_5
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… phi-1_5
Tokens/sec77.36.9
First chunk177 ms3040 ms
TTFT177 ms3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.2 GB1.4 GB
Memory %4%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

phi-1_5

Speed
24/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
26/30

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

phi-1_5

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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