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lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF:Q5_K_M

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 7.52B · unknown

Excellent

Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
68 vs 88
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 83

Hardware

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
Tokens/sec77.328.3
First chunk177 ms224 ms
TTFT177 ms224 ms
Load timeN/A4.5 s
Memory usage1.2 GB3.6 GB
Memory %4%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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