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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

unsloth-phi-4

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
68 vs 82
Hardware Fit
100 vs 88
Quality Score
54 vs 80

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… unsloth-phi-4
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec77.327.4
First chunk177 ms457 ms
TTFT177 ms457 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.2 GB7.7 GB
Memory %4%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

unsloth-phi-4

Speed
38/50
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

unsloth-phi-4

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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