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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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
60 vs 87
Hardware Fit
80 vs 90
Quality Score
52 vs 86

Hardware

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1418
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec227.086.5
First chunk60 ms9 ms
TTFT30.0 s175 ms
Load time0.7 sN/A
Memory usage2.6 GB37.9 GB
Memory %6%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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