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qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Sep 20, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
81 vs 80
Hardware Fit
84 vs 60
Quality Score
79 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook AirSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM32 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4Navi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-9b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec20.415.0
First chunk3034 ms49 ms
TTFT3.0 s759 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB22.2 GB
Memory %17%71%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
25/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

Quality

qwen3.5-9b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
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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