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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

May 27, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor

Global Score
68 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 62

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… mistral:latest
MachineMacBook AirMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B79
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
Cores1012
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 Famille 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… mistral:latest
Tokens/sec77.331.7
First chunk177 ms102 ms
TTFT177 ms102 ms
Load timeN/A14.3 s
Memory usage1.2 GB4.8 GB
Memory %4%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

mistral:latest

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

mistral:latest

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
12/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest