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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 94
Hardware Fit
77 vs 92
Quality Score
81 vs 95

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM48 GB48 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec129.854.5
First chunk77 ms318 ms
TTFT30.0 s2.9 s
Load time1.8 s4.0 s
Memory usage19.7 GB16.4 GB
Memory %41%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
29/30

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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest