exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXexaone · 2.4B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
75 vs 87
Hardware Fit
100 vs 90
Quality Score
64 vs 86
Hardware
exaone-3.5-2.4b-in… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
exaone-3.5-2.4b-in… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec37.086.5
First chunk288 ms9 ms
TTFT288 ms175 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.4 GB37.9 GB
Memory %8%59%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruc…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
Quality
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruc…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
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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