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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
54 vs 83
Hardware Fit
81 vs 80
Quality Score
43 vs 84

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec25.2131.7
First chunk341 ms7 ms
TTFT6.3 s30.0 s
Load time3.4 sN/A
Memory usage8.4 GB15.8 GB
Memory %52%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
24/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

Quality

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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
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