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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 90
Hardware Fit
97 vs 78
Quality Score
86 vs 95

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1810
RAM48 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec129.446.1
First chunk49 ms284 ms
TTFT49 ms3.9 s
Load time0.0 s0.1 s
Memory usage20.5 GB10.8 GB
Memory %43%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
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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