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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 76
Hardware Fit
80 vs 51
Quality Score
84 vs 87

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma-3-27b-it-qat
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 gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Tokens/sec138.48.9
First chunk3 ms3976 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.0 s
Load time6.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB15.7 GB
Memory %0%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

Speed
12/50
TTFT
9/20
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

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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