lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
68 vs 76
Hardware Fit
100 vs 92
Quality Score
54 vs 69
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma3:4b
MachineMacBook AirNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M4Cortex-A78AE
Cores106
RAM32 GB7 GB
GPUApple M4Integrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec77.315.0
First chunk177 ms2380 ms
TTFT177 ms2.4 s
Load timeN/A13.6 s
Memory usage1.2 GB2.6 GB
Memory %4%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:4b
Speed
45/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
29/30
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
gemma3:4b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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