qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
gemma3:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
84 vs 80
Hardware Fit
78 vs 83
Quality Score
86 vs 78
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma3:12b
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 gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec49.912.7
First chunk31 msN/A
TTFT708 ms560 ms
Load timeN/A2.8 s
Memory usage26.6 GB11.0 GB
Memory %83%34%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30
gemma3:12b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
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
gemma3:12b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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