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

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
76 vs 66
Hardware Fit
77 vs 91
Quality Score
76 vs 55

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1418
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec72.733.2
First chunk147 ms7 ms
TTFT30.0 s311 ms
Load time5.7 sN/A
Memory usage19.6 GB0.5 GB
Memory %41%1%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest