lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e2b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 5.1B · Q4_K_M
May 24, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1355U
Global Score
68 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 71
Quality Score
54 vs 72
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma4:e2b
MachineMacBook AirDell Inc. Inspiron 15 3530
CPUApple M4Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1355U
Cores1012
RAM32 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… gemma4:e2b
Tokens/sec77.310.8
First chunk177 ms1408 ms
TTFT177 ms1.4 s
Load timeN/A6.0 s
Memory usage1.2 GB7.2 GB
Memory %4%23%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e2b
Speed
21/50
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
gemma4:e2b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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