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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_xxs

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · IQ3_XXS

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
68 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 58
Quality Score
54 vs 94

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
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… gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
Tokens/sec77.310.3
First chunk177 ms8 ms
TTFT177 ms3.5 s
Load timeN/A10.9 s
Memory usage1.2 GB6.4 GB
Memory %4%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_…

Speed
19/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
27/30

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-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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