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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
89 vs 84
Hardware Fit
97 vs 80
Quality Score
86 vs 86

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores1832
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec130.2147.6
First chunk5 ms139 ms
TTFT135 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A21.3 s
Memory usage26.6 GB1.7 GB
Memory %42%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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