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

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
87 vs 89
Hardware Fit
85 vs 97
Quality Score
88 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec45.7130.2
First chunk17 ms5 ms
TTFT390 ms135 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage22.4 GB26.6 GB
Memory %70%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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