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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-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
68 vs 82
Hardware Fit
100 vs 56
Quality Score
54 vs 93

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… google/gemma-4-26b…
MachineMacBook AirDocker Container
CPUApple M4Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… google/gemma-4-26b…
Tokens/sec77.312.0
First chunk177 ms86 ms
TTFT177 ms2.8 s
Load timeN/A57.2 s
Memory usage1.2 GB9.1 GB
Memory %4%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-…

Speed
22/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
20/30

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-4-26b-a4b-…

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
20/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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