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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

llama3.2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 73
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 61

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama3.2:latest
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 Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec129.498.9
First chunk49 msN/A
TTFT49 ms125 ms
Load time0.0 s2.3 s
Memory usage20.5 GB22.1 GB
Memory %43%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

llama3.2:latest

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
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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