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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
89 vs 80
Hardware Fit
97 vs 62
Quality Score
86 vs 88

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1816
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec130.210.6
First chunk5 ms52 ms
TTFT135 ms3.2 s
Load timeN/A7.6 s
Memory usage26.6 GB1.1 GB
Memory %42%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
13/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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