openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXllama · 1.7B · bf16
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
83 vs 65
Hardware Fit
80 vs 99
Quality Score
84 vs 51
Hardware
openai/gpt-oss-20b smollm2-1.7b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
openai/gpt-oss-20b smollm2-1.7b-instr…
Tokens/sec138.428.5
First chunk3 ms393 ms
TTFT30.0 s393 ms
Load time6.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB3.2 GB
Memory %0%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
11/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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