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

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

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May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2 · 1.2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 68
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
76 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… lfm2.5-1.2b-instru…
Tokens/sec72.777.3
First chunk147 ms177 ms
TTFT30.0 s177 ms
Load time5.7 sN/A
Memory usage19.6 GB1.2 GB
Memory %41%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Speed
50/50
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

lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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