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lfm2.5:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 90
Hardware Fit
95 vs 78
Quality Score
73 vs 95

Hardware

lfm2.5:8b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5:8b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec98.546.1
First chunk167 ms284 ms
TTFT2.5 s3.9 s
Load time3.0 s0.1 s
Memory usage6.0 GB10.8 GB
Memory %37%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5:8b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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