openai/gpt-oss-20b

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gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

granite3.1-dense:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

granite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

83 vs 74

Hardware Fit

75 vs 91

Quality Score

87 vs 66

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b granite3.1-dense:8b

MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air

CPUApple M1 ProApple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M1 ProApple M4

OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b granite3.1-dense:8b

Tokens/sec43.218.8

First chunk46 msN/A

TTFT30.0 s308 ms

Load timeN/A0.6 s

Memory usage15.8 GB13.0 GB

Memory %49%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed

50/50

TTFT

0/20

Memory

25/30

granite3.1-dense:8b

Speed

31/50

TTFT

30/20

Memory

30/30

Quality

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning

19/20

Coding

14/20

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

granite3.1-dense:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

11/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

14/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

9/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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