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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
89 vs 91
Hardware Fit
97 vs 99
Quality Score
86 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M5 MaxCortex-X925
Cores1820
RAM48 GB122 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
Tokens/sec129.456.2
First chunk49 ms531 ms
TTFT49 ms531 ms
Load time0.0 s32.8 s
Memory usage20.5 GB41.0 GB
Memory %43%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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