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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gpt-oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Nov 9, 2026 · Apple M3 Max

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
91 vs 71
Hardware Fit
90 vs 35
Quality Score
91 vs 86

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M3 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB24 GB
GPUApple M3 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec95.15.9
First chunk3 ms19 ms
TTFT2.5 s1.8 s
Load time9.2 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB22.0 GB
Memory %0%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
10/20
Memory
30/30

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

Quality

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning
16/20
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
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