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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 76
Hardware Fit
97 vs 77
Quality Score
86 vs 76

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM48 GB48 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec129.472.7
First chunk49 ms147 ms
TTFT49 ms30.0 s
Load time0.0 s5.7 s
Memory usage20.5 GB19.6 GB
Memory %43%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest