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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 71
Hardware Fit
85 vs 76
Quality Score
81 vs 69

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec31.825.0
First chunk32 ms787 ms
TTFT8.4 s30.0 s
Load time22.7 s4.0 s
Memory usage0.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %0%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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