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hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 2.7B · unknown

Good

Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8-2B-Distill-GGUF:BF16

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 1.94B · BF16

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
61 vs 76
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
46 vs 66

Hardware

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM… hf.co/empero-ai/Qw…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM… hf.co/empero-ai/Qw…
Tokens/sec31.440.3
First chunk138 ms101 ms
TTFT138 ms101 ms
Load time3.7 s2.7 s
Memory usage6.6 GB4.5 GB
Memory %41%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…

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

Quality

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…

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

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