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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 84
Hardware Fit
77 vs 82
Quality Score
76 vs 85

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/sec72.727.2
First chunk147 ms732 ms
TTFT30.0 s8.1 s
Load time5.7 s3.5 s
Memory usage19.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %41%44%

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
6/20
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
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest