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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

lfm2.5:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 80
Hardware Fit
97 vs 95
Quality Score
86 vs 73

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b lfm2.5:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b lfm2.5:8b
Tokens/sec130.298.5
First chunk5 ms167 ms
TTFT135 ms2.5 s
Load timeN/A3.0 s
Memory usage26.6 GB6.0 GB
Memory %42%37%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

lfm2.5:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30

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

lfm2.5:8b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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