lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Global Score
68 vs 71
Hardware Fit
100 vs 56
Quality Score
54 vs 78
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook AirSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec77.35.3
First chunk177 ms1624 ms
TTFT177 ms1.6 s
Load timeN/A4.0 s
Memory usage1.2 GB7.9 GB
Memory %4%50%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:9b
Speed
11/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30
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
qwen3.5:9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest