lfm2.5:8b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
80 vs 77
Hardware Fit
95 vs 67
Quality Score
73 vs 81
Hardware
lfm2.5:8b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5:8b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec98.520.3
First chunk167 ms4216 ms
TTFT2.5 s4.2 s
Load time3.0 sN/A
Memory usage6.0 GB5.6 GB
Memory %37%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest