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qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 50
Hardware Fit
69 vs 97
Quality Score
54 vs 30

Hardware

qwen3.5:35b-a3b gemma3:270m
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
Cores1412
RAM48 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:35b-a3b gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec30.5239.2
First chunk333 ms127 ms
TTFT30.0 s127 ms
Load time9.8 s0.7 s
Memory usage25.1 GB0.6 GB
Memory %52%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

gemma3:270m

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

Quality

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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