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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
66 vs 95
Hardware Fit
91 vs 99
Quality Score
55 vs 93

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec33.229.3
First chunk7 ms21 ms
TTFT311 ms1.8 s
Load timeN/A18.5 s
Memory usage0.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %1%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong 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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