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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
81 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
73 vs 54

Hardware

llama-3.1-8b-instr… lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
MachineASUSMacBook Air
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M4
Cores1210
RAM31 GB32 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M4
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

llama-3.1-8b-instr… lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
Tokens/sec35.677.3
First chunk52 ms177 ms
TTFT256 ms177 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB1.2 GB
Memory %28%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

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

Quality

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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
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$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest