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qwen3:0.6b

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:27b

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
61 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 67
Quality Score
44 vs 79

Hardware

qwen3:0.6b qwen3.5:27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:0.6b qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec144.34.4
TTFT81 ms1.1 s
Load time0.9 s13.2 s
Memory usage4.1 GB22.7 GB
Memory %13%71%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:0.6b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:27b

Speed
7/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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