openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
82 vs 59
Hardware Fit
85 vs 63
Quality Score
81 vs 58
Hardware
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec31.818.3
First chunk32 ms4 ms
TTFT8.4 s530 ms
Load time22.7 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB38.5 GB
Memory %0%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
Quality
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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