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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
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Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
78 vs 60
Hardware Fit
72 vs 80
Quality Score
81 vs 52

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec26.9227.0
First chunk222 ms60 ms
TTFT222 ms30.0 s
Load time0.1 s0.7 s
Memory usage15.4 GB2.6 GB
Memory %96%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
2/30

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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