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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
68 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 76

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
MachineMacBook AirMac Pro
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1012
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec77.362.7
First chunk177 ms278 ms
TTFT177 ms278 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage1.2 GB0.0 GB
Memory %4%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

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

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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