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

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May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
76 vs 83
Hardware Fit
77 vs 68
Quality Score
76 vs 90

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1416
RAM48 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec72.727.6
First chunk147 ms10 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.6 s
Load time5.7 sN/A
Memory usage19.6 GB21.0 GB
Memory %41%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

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