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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
83 vs 82
Hardware Fit
80 vs 80
Quality Score
84 vs 83

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Max
Cores1812
RAM128 GB96 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec138.455.2
First chunk3 ms4 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time6.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB30.3 GB
Memory %0%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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