lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma-3-27b-it-qat
LM-STUDIO MLXgemma3 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
68 vs 76
Hardware Fit
100 vs 51
Quality Score
54 vs 87
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-3-27b-it-qat
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Tokens/sec77.38.9
First chunk177 ms3976 ms
TTFT177 ms4.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.2 GB15.7 GB
Memory %4%25%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Speed
12/50
TTFT
9/20
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
gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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