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qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

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Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
59 vs 82
Hardware Fit
69 vs 80
Quality Score
54 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3.5:35b-a3b qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
Cores1412
RAM48 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:35b-a3b qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec30.554.7
First chunk333 ms32 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time9.8 sN/A
Memory usage25.1 GB30.3 GB
Memory %52%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

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

qwen3.6-35b-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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