lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
68 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 61
Hardware
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
lfm2.5-1.2b-instru… llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec77.398.9
First chunk177 msN/A
TTFT177 ms125 ms
Load timeN/A2.3 s
Memory usage1.2 GB22.1 GB
Memory %4%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.2:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.2:latest
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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