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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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
60 vs 78
Hardware Fit
80 vs 72
Quality Score
52 vs 81

Hardware

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1410
RAM48 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec227.026.9
First chunk60 ms222 ms
TTFT30.0 s222 ms
Load time0.7 s0.1 s
Memory usage2.6 GB15.4 GB
Memory %6%96%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
2/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest