qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
orca-mini:3b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
89 vs 47
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 24
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b orca-mini:3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b orca-mini:3b
Tokens/sec130.230.6
First chunk5 msN/A
TTFT135 ms126 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage26.6 GB2.6 GB
Memory %42%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
orca-mini:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
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
orca-mini:3b
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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