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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 87
Hardware Fit
97 vs 79
Quality Score
86 vs 90

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM48 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec129.426.4
First chunk49 ms505 ms
TTFT49 ms6.7 s
Load time0.0 s10.5 s
Memory usage20.5 GB13.1 GB
Memory %43%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
23/30

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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
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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