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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
62 vs 83
Hardware Fit
35 vs 80
Quality Score
73 vs 84

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1418
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec0.0138.4
First chunk5548 ms3 ms
TTFT5.5 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.8 s
Memory usage2.9 GB0.5 GB
Memory %5%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
0/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

Quality

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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