lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q5_K_XL
Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Global Score
68 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 47
Quality Score
54 vs 84
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
MachineMacBook AirDocker Container
CPUApple M4Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Tokens/sec77.35.6
First chunk177 ms19 ms
TTFT177 ms5.6 s
Load timeN/A12.5 s
Memory usage1.2 GB0.0 GB
Memory %4%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Speed
10/50
TTFT
7/20
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
qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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