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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
82 vs 89
Hardware Fit
80 vs 97
Quality Score
83 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1218
RAM96 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec55.2130.2
First chunk4 ms5 ms
TTFT30.0 s135 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage30.3 GB26.6 GB
Memory %32%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

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

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
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