qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
59 vs 94
Hardware Fit
65 vs 100
Quality Score
57 vs 92
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec14.340.7
First chunk24 ms824 ms
TTFT13.4 s1.3 s
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB11.3 GB
Memory %10%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
20/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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