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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

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
66 vs 83
Hardware Fit
91 vs 80
Quality Score
55 vs 84

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1818
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec33.2131.7
First chunk7 ms7 ms
TTFT311 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB15.8 GB
Memory %1%25%

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
0/20
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
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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