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qwen3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
47 vs 89
Hardware Fit
67 vs 97
Quality Score
38 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3:8b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.7129.4
First chunkN/A49 ms
TTFT12.1 s49 ms
Load time1.2 s0.0 s
Memory usage9.5 GB20.5 GB
Memory %30%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
5/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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
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