openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
83 vs 84
Hardware Fit
80 vs 78
Quality Score
84 vs 86
Hardware
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec138.449.9
First chunk3 ms31 ms
TTFT30.0 s708 ms
Load time6.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB26.6 GB
Memory %0%83%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30
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
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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