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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 24, 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
90 vs 83
Hardware Fit
86 vs 80
Quality Score
92 vs 84

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-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

gemma4:e4b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec41.8131.7
First chunk359 ms7 ms
TTFT4.2 s30.0 s
Load time5.1 sN/A
Memory usage7.9 GB15.8 GB
Memory %49%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
25/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

Quality

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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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