hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 2.7B · unknown
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
61 vs 59
Hardware Fit
97 vs 63
Quality Score
46 vs 58
Hardware
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec31.318.3
First chunk131 ms4 ms
TTFT131 ms530 ms
Load time4.2 sN/A
Memory usage6.6 GB38.5 GB
Memory %41%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
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
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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