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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
82 vs 81
Hardware Fit
80 vs 100
Quality Score
83 vs 73

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMac StudioASUS
CPUApple M2 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1212
RAM96 GB31 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.1Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec55.235.6
First chunk4 ms52 ms
TTFT30.0 s256 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage30.3 GB8.6 GB
Memory %32%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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