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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 76
Hardware Fit
78 vs 51
Quality Score
86 vs 87

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma-3-27b-it-qat
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma-3-27b-it-qat
Tokens/sec49.98.9
First chunk31 ms3976 ms
TTFT708 ms4.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB15.7 GB
Memory %83%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

Speed
12/50
TTFT
9/20
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

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest