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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
89 vs 64
Hardware Fit
97 vs 69
Quality Score
86 vs 62

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores188
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 27.0Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec130.27.4
First chunk5 ms1815 ms
TTFT135 ms1.8 s
Load timeN/A10.9 s
Memory usage26.6 GB3.5 GB
Memory %42%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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