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mlx-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gpt-oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 5, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
77 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 65
Quality Score
67 vs 92

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMac miniASUS
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1416
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 15.7.4cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

mlx-community/meta… openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec54.3221.5
First chunk277 ms5 ms
TTFT277 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage4.2 GB21.1 GB
Memory %7%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
15/30

Quality

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest