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

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

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May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 53
Hardware Fit
77 vs 89
Quality Score
76 vs 38

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec72.752.9
First chunk147 ms4013 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.0 s
Load time5.7 sN/A
Memory usage19.6 GB0.6 GB
Memory %41%1%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

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

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
9/20
Memory
30/30

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

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest