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qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 91
Hardware Fit
77 vs 96
Quality Score
76 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1410
RAM48 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec72.724.7
First chunk147 ms610 ms
TTFT30.0 s610 ms
Load time5.7 s3.6 s
Memory usage19.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %41%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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