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lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
18 vs 59
Hardware Fit
59 vs 65
Quality Score
0 vs 57

Hardware

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2-24b-a2b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec6.614.3
First chunk1025 ms24 ms
TTFT1.0 s13.4 s
Load timeN/A13.3 s
Memory usage0.0 GB2.5 GB
Memory %0%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2-24b-a2b

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

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
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

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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