qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
52 vs 95
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
31 vs 93
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec257.529.3
First chunk99 ms21 ms
TTFT99 ms1.8 s
Load timeN/A18.5 s
Memory usage0.3 GB0.0 GB
Memory %1%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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