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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
89 vs 76
Hardware Fit
97 vs 46
Quality Score
86 vs 89

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1816
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec130.222.4
First chunk5 ms565 ms
TTFT135 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage26.6 GB43.9 GB
Memory %42%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

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

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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