qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
phi3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
89 vs 63
Hardware Fit
97 vs 83
Quality Score
86 vs 55
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b phi3:14b
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 phi3:14b
Tokens/sec130.212.7
First chunk5 msN/A
TTFT135 ms434 ms
Load timeN/A0.9 s
Memory usage26.6 GB17.7 GB
Memory %42%55%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
phi3:14b
Speed
23/50
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
phi3:14b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
7/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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