qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
58 vs 94
Hardware Fit
68 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 92
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec16.740.7
First chunk23 ms824 ms
TTFT14.1 s1.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB11.3 GB
Memory %33%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
20/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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