lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
68 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
54 vs 67
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec77.320.3
First chunk177 msN/A
TTFT177 ms315 ms
Load timeN/A1.1 s
Memory usage1.2 GB10.4 GB
Memory %4%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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