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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
89 vs 67
Hardware Fit
97 vs 77
Quality Score
86 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores188
RAM48 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec129.410.0
First chunk49 ms1166 ms
TTFT49 ms1.2 s
Load time0.0 s6.8 s
Memory usage20.5 GB3.8 GB
Memory %43%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
27/50
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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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