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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

google/gemma-4-e4b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 7.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Sep 20, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Global Score
68 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 96
Quality Score
54 vs 78

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… google/gemma-4-e4b
MachineMacBook AirASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG Strix G16 G614PH_G614PH
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Cores1032
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU, AMD Radeon(TM) 610M
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… google/gemma-4-e4b
Tokens/sec77.335.9
First chunk177 ms9 ms
TTFT177 ms182 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.2 GB6.5 GB
Memory %4%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

google/gemma-4-e4b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

google/gemma-4-e4b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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