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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:2b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 2.3B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
89 vs 73
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:2b
Tokens/sec129.430.4
First chunk49 msN/A
TTFT49 ms215 ms
Load time0.0 s1.8 s
Memory usage20.5 GB4.5 GB
Memory %43%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:2b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

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

qwen3.5:2b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest