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qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
87 vs 76
Hardware Fit
85 vs 77
Quality Score
88 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…
Tokens/sec45.772.7
First chunk17 ms147 ms
TTFT390 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.7 s
Memory usage22.4 GB19.6 GB
Memory %70%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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