lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M
May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
68 vs 60
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
54 vs 52
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec77.3227.0
First chunk177 ms60 ms
TTFT177 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage1.2 GB2.6 GB
Memory %4%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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