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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/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
82 vs 83
Hardware Fit
80 vs 68
Quality Score
83 vs 90

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1216
RAM96 GB128 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec55.227.6
First chunk4 ms10 ms
TTFT30.0 s4.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage30.3 GB21.0 GB
Memory %32%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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