qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507-claude-4.5-sonnet-high-reasoning-distill-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · MXFP4
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
87 vs 96
Hardware Fit
85 vs 95
Quality Score
88 vs 96
Hardware
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen3-30b-a3b-thin…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen3-30b-a3b-thin…
Tokens/sec45.7112.8
First chunk17 ms21 ms
TTFT390 ms1.5 s
Load timeN/A3.5 s
Memory usage22.4 GB0.0 GB
Memory %70%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
Memory
30/30
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
qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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