qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
89 vs 58
Hardware Fit
97 vs 68
Quality Score
86 vs 54
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec130.216.7
First chunk5 ms23 ms
TTFT135 ms14.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB7.8 GB
Memory %42%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
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
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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