openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
94 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 68
Quality Score
92 vs 90
Hardware
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec40.727.6
First chunk824 ms10 ms
TTFT1.3 s4.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage11.3 GB21.0 GB
Memory %35%16%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
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
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
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