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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

cogito:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
94 vs 77
Hardware Fit
100 vs 92
Quality Score
92 vs 70

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b cogito:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b cogito:8b
Tokens/sec40.721.0
First chunk824 ms312 ms
TTFT1.3 s312 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage11.3 GB10.4 GB
Memory %35%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

cogito:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
20/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

cogito:8b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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