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openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
77 vs 87
Hardware Fit
67 vs 90
Quality Score
81 vs 86

Hardware

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

openai/gpt-oss-20b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec30.586.5
First chunk18 ms9 ms
TTFT30.0 s175 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage15.8 GB37.9 GB
Memory %66%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
17/30

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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