lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:4b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-6500
Global Score
68 vs 61
Hardware Fit
100 vs 69
Quality Score
54 vs 58
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook AirGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H170M-D3H
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-6500
Cores104
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec77.335.7
First chunk177 ms438 ms
TTFT177 ms5.1 s
Load timeN/A40.1 s
Memory usage1.2 GB5.5 GB
Memory %4%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
8/30
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
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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