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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
83 vs 80
Hardware Fit
75 vs 83
Quality Score
87 vs 78

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma3:12b
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 gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec43.212.7
First chunk46 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s560 ms
Load timeN/A2.8 s
Memory usage15.8 GB11.0 GB
Memory %49%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
25/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
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

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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