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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

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

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec130.218.5
First chunk5 ms752 ms
TTFT135 ms752 ms
Load timeN/A6.1 s
Memory usage26.6 GB7.5 GB
Memory %42%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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