Back to leaderboard

falcon3-1b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 1B · 3bit

Marginal

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
54 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 75
Quality Score
34 vs 87

Hardware

falcon3-1b-instruct openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

falcon3-1b-instruct openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec121.843.2
First chunk176 ms46 ms
TTFT176 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.7 GB15.8 GB
Memory %2%49%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

falcon3-1b-instruct

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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
25/30

Quality

falcon3-1b-instruct

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
7/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest