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lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

lfm2.5:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
60 vs 80
Hardware Fit
80 vs 95
Quality Score
52 vs 73

Hardware

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b lfm2.5:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM48 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b lfm2.5:8b
Tokens/sec227.098.5
First chunk60 ms167 ms
TTFT30.0 s2.5 s
Load time0.7 s3.0 s
Memory usage2.6 GB6.0 GB
Memory %6%37%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

lfm2.5:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30

Quality

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

lfm2.5:8b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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