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lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen/qwen3-8b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3 · 8B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
18 vs 89
Hardware Fit
59 vs 95
Quality Score
0 vs 87

Hardware

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen/qwen3-8b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen/qwen3-8b
Tokens/sec6.633.4
First chunk1025 ms257 ms
TTFT1.0 s257 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB4.3 GB
Memory %0%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2-24b-a2b

Speed
9/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen/qwen3-8b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

lfm2-24b-a2b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

qwen/qwen3-8b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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