openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
83 vs 77
Hardware Fit
80 vs 67
Quality Score
84 vs 81
Hardware
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec138.420.3
First chunk3 ms4216 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.2 s
Load time6.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB5.6 GB
Memory %0%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
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
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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