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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

nemotron-3-nano

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Excellent

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 93
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 90

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx nemotron-3-nano
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx nemotron-3-nano
Tokens/sec129.493.3
First chunk49 ms257 ms
TTFT49 ms257 ms
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage20.5 GB0.1 GB
Memory %43%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

nemotron-3-nano

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

nemotron-3-nano

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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