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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 · Q3_K_S

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 89
Hardware Fit
80 vs 90
Quality Score
84 vs 88

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b 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 qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec138.439.1
First chunk3 ms33 ms
TTFT30.0 s319 ms
Load time6.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB19.0 GB
Memory %0%60%

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
20/20
Memory
20/30

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
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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