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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
84 vs 68
Hardware Fit
78 vs 98
Quality Score
86 vs 55

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec49.939.4
First chunk31 msN/A
TTFT708 ms362 ms
Load timeN/A0.3 s
Memory usage26.6 GB1.3 GB
Memory %83%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest