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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-4.7-opus-reasoning-distilled-apex-mtp

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B

Excellent

Jun 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor

Global Score
58 vs 89
Hardware Fit
68 vs 90
Quality Score
54 vs 88

Hardware

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MachineMac miniGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B550M AORUS PRO
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor
Cores1012
RAM24 GB47 GB
GPUApple M4AD106 [GeForce RTX 4060 Ti]
OSmacOS 26.3cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

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Tokens/sec16.742.2
First chunk23 ms40 ms
TTFT14.1 s2.7 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB21.9 GB
Memory %33%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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