lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
68 vs 91
Hardware Fit
100 vs 88
Quality Score
54 vs 92
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Tokens/sec77.330.0
First chunk177 ms311 ms
TTFT177 ms6.2 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage1.2 GB5.0 GB
Memory %4%31%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
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
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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