qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
87 vs 83
Hardware Fit
83 vs 80
Quality Score
88 vs 84
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1618
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec29.1131.7
First chunk9 ms7 ms
TTFT650 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage21.0 GB15.8 GB
Memory %16%25%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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