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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

qwen36-distill-apex

OLLAMA GGUF
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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
83 vs 36
Hardware Fit
80 vs 100
Quality Score
84 vs 8

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen36-distill-apex
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1818
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen36-distill-apex
Tokens/sec131.755.2
First chunk7 ms210 ms
TTFT30.0 s210 ms
Load timeN/A4.8 s
Memory usage15.8 GB0.9 GB
Memory %25%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

qwen36-distill-apex

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

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

qwen36-distill-apex

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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