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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

nemotron-3-nano:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

nemotron_h_moe · 31.6B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 13, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
68 vs 87
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 82

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… nemotron-3-nano:la…
MachineMacBook AirAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M4AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM32 GB125 GB
GPUApple M4Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… nemotron-3-nano:la…
Tokens/sec77.359.9
First chunk177 ms199 ms
TTFT177 ms199 ms
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage1.2 GB26.0 GB
Memory %4%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

nemotron-3-nano: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

nemotron-3-nano:latest

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest