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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
70 vs 77
Hardware Fit
93 vs 67
Quality Score
60 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec32.930.5
First chunk3096 ms18 ms
TTFT3.1 s30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB15.8 GB
Memory %8%66%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
17/30

Quality

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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