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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 89
Hardware Fit
80 vs 88
Quality Score
84 vs 89

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1810
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec138.418.4
First chunk3 ms758 ms
TTFT30.0 s758 ms
Load time6.8 s0.3 s
Memory usage0.5 GB7.5 GB
Memory %0%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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