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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

nemotron-3-nano:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

nemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 93
Hardware Fit
97 vs 95
Quality Score
86 vs 92

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx nemotron-3-nano:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM48 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx nemotron-3-nano:4b
Tokens/sec129.431.7
First chunk49 ms270 ms
TTFT49 ms2.9 s
Load time0.0 s2.1 s
Memory usage20.5 GB4.1 GB
Memory %43%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
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:4b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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