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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

Not Rec.

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
68 vs 72
Hardware Fit
91 vs 35
Quality Score
58 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec42.28.3
First chunk201 ms32 ms
TTFT4.4 s2.0 s
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage3.8 GB28.9 GB
Memory %24%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
5/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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