qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.5-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
84 vs 75
Hardware Fit
78 vs 54
Quality Score
86 vs 84
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-27b
Tokens/sec49.96.6
First chunk31 ms4364 ms
TTFT708 ms4.4 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB15.0 GB
Memory %83%47%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30
qwen3.5-27b
Speed
13/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
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
qwen3.5-27b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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