qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
84 vs 77
Hardware Fit
78 vs 67
Quality Score
86 vs 81
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec49.930.5
First chunk31 ms18 ms
TTFT708 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage26.6 GB15.8 GB
Memory %83%66%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
17/30
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
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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