qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO GGUFgpt-oss · 20B · MXFP4
Apr 24, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Global Score
52 vs 90
Hardware Fit
100 vs 88
Quality Score
31 vs 91
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook AirASUS
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM32 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4Navi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.3Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec257.558.7
First chunk99 ms6 ms
TTFT99 ms4.5 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.3 GB11.9 GB
Memory %1%38%
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
10/20
Memory
28/30
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
18/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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