qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
gemma4:e4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
89 vs 90
Hardware Fit
97 vs 86
Quality Score
86 vs 92
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:e4b-mlx
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 gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec130.241.8
First chunk5 ms359 ms
TTFT135 ms4.2 s
Load timeN/A5.1 s
Memory usage26.6 GB7.9 GB
Memory %42%49%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
25/30
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
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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