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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
83 vs 81
Hardware Fit
80 vs 82
Quality Score
84 vs 81

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec131.725.3
First chunk7 ms761 ms
TTFT30.0 s7.7 s
Load timeN/A3.6 s
Memory usage15.8 GB7.1 GB
Memory %25%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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