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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.8-27b-fable-distill-heretic-ara-i1

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 27B · IQ3_S

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
89 vs 88
Hardware Fit
97 vs 98
Quality Score
86 vs 84

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.8-27b-fable-…
MachineMacBook ProMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E51
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.8-27b-fable-…
Tokens/sec130.248.8
First chunk5 ms18 ms
TTFT135 ms276 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB11.7 GB
Memory %42%38%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.8-27b-fable-disti…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen3.8-27b-fable-disti…

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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