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dolphin3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 94
Hardware Fit
92 vs 100
Quality Score
66 vs 92

Hardware

dolphin3:8b openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

dolphin3:8b openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec21.040.7
First chunk314 ms824 ms
TTFT314 ms1.3 s
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage10.4 GB11.3 GB
Memory %33%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

dolphin3:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

Quality

dolphin3:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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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