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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

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
58 vs 82
Hardware Fit
68 vs 80
Quality Score
54 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMac Studio
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Max
Cores1012
RAM24 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec16.754.7
First chunk23 ms32 ms
TTFT14.1 s30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB30.3 GB
Memory %33%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

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

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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