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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

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
85 vs 82
Hardware Fit
64 vs 80
Quality Score
94 vs 83

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M2 Max
Cores1612
RAM128 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec13.655.2
First chunk16 ms4 ms
TTFT558 ms30.0 s
Load time12.3 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB30.3 GB
Memory %0%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

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