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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
83 vs 89
Hardware Fit
80 vs 97
Quality Score
84 vs 86

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1818
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec131.7129.4
First chunk7 ms49 ms
TTFT30.0 s49 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage15.8 GB20.5 GB
Memory %25%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

Quality

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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