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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gpt-oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 5, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
83 vs 84
Hardware Fit
68 vs 65
Quality Score
90 vs 92

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M4 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1616
RAM128 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 26.5.2cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec27.6221.5
First chunk10 ms5 ms
TTFT4.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage21.0 GB21.1 GB
Memory %16%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
15/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
18/20
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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