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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-t48-c8k:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 23, 2026 · Intel Xeon® E5-4650 v2

Global Score
89 vs 78
Hardware Fit
97 vs 51
Quality Score
86 vs 89

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t4…
MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge R820
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Xeon® E5-4650 v2
Cores1880
RAM64 GB256 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxMicrosoft Remote Display Adapter, Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 10.0.20348
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t4…
Tokens/sec130.27.1
First chunk5 ms997 ms
TTFT135 ms997 ms
Load timeN/A45.4 s
Memory usage26.6 GB21.6 GB
Memory %42%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Speed
6/50
TTFT
15/20
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-t48-c8k…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
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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