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qwen3.5:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 8, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
34 vs 89
Hardware Fit
58 vs 97
Quality Score
23 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.5:latest qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:latest qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec13.3129.4
First chunk438 ms49 ms
TTFT19.8 s49 ms
Load time0.2 s0.0 s
Memory usage8.0 GB20.5 GB
Memory %50%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:latest

Speed
32/50
TTFT
1/20
Memory
25/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3.5:latest

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest