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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO MLX

lfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit

Good

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 74
Hardware Fit
97 vs 84
Quality Score
86 vs 69

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Tokens/sec130.258.9
First chunk5 ms28 ms
TTFT135 ms481 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB17.5 GB
Memory %42%73%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30

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

liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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