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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 84
Hardware Fit
97 vs 91
Quality Score
86 vs 81

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec130.230.2
First chunk5 ms499 ms
TTFT135 ms499 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB6.7 GB
Memory %42%11%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
41/50
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

qwen3.5-9b

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