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gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
87 vs 81
Hardware Fit
82 vs 84
Quality Score
89 vs 79

Hardware

gpt-oss-safeguard-… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gpt-oss-safeguard-… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec41.420.4
First chunk8 ms3034 ms
TTFT3.6 s3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage14.5 GB5.6 GB
Memory %61%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
20/30

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b

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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest