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gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-4.7-opus-reasoning-distilled-apex

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B

Not Rec.

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
85 vs 88
Hardware Fit
64 vs 80
Quality Score
94 vs 92

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b-cl…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1616
RAM128 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b-cl…
Tokens/sec13.676.7
First chunk16 ms29 ms
TTFT558 ms30.0 s
Load time12.3 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB23.9 GB
Memory %0%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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