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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
89 vs 81
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 73

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1812
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 27.0Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec130.235.6
First chunk5 ms52 ms
TTFT135 ms256 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB8.6 GB
Memory %42%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Speed
50/50
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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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