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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

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Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
80 vs 83
Hardware Fit
77 vs 80
Quality Score
81 vs 84

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1818
RAM48 GB128 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec129.8138.4
First chunk77 ms3 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time1.8 s6.8 s
Memory usage19.7 GB0.5 GB
Memory %41%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

Quality

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
12/20
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
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