lfm2.5:8b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
80 vs 64
Hardware Fit
95 vs 100
Quality Score
73 vs 49
Hardware
lfm2.5:8b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
lfm2.5:8b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec98.551.8
First chunk167 msN/A
TTFT2.5 s84 ms
Load time3.0 s0.4 s
Memory usage6.0 GB3.7 GB
Memory %37%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
lfm2.5:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
smollm2:1.7b
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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