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qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-reasoning-distilled

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen3 · 4B · Q4_1

Good

Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
65 vs 82
Hardware Fit
96 vs 80
Quality Score
51 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-p… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac StudioMac Studio
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Max
Cores1212
RAM96 GB96 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-p… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec99.655.2
First chunk18 ms4 ms
TTFT1.6 s30.0 s
Load time4.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.3 GB30.3 GB
Memory %0%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-r…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

Quality

qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-r…

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
9/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate 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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