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liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit

Good

Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 33
Hardware Fit
84 vs 50
Quality Score
69 vs 25

Hardware

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b gemma4:26b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec51.820.0
First chunk10 ms941 ms
TTFT503 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage17.5 GB20.3 GB
Memory %73%85%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30

gemma4:26b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30

Quality

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest