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qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
59 vs 83
Hardware Fit
69 vs 73
Quality Score
54 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.5:35b-a3b qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM48 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:35b-a3b qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec30.511.1
First chunk333 ms500 ms
TTFT30.0 s500 ms
Load time9.8 s7.3 s
Memory usage25.1 GB9.4 GB
Memory %52%39%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

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

qwen3:14b

Speed
25/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest