openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
77 vs 58
Hardware Fit
67 vs 68
Quality Score
81 vs 54
Hardware
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec30.516.7
First chunk18 ms23 ms
TTFT30.0 s14.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage15.8 GB7.8 GB
Memory %66%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
17/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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