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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507-claude-4.5-sonnet-high-reasoning-distill-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · MXFP4

Excellent

Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
82 vs 96
Hardware Fit
80 vs 95
Quality Score
83 vs 96

Hardware

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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

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Tokens/sec55.2112.8
First chunk4 ms21 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.5 s
Load timeN/A3.5 s
Memory usage30.3 GB0.0 GB
Memory %32%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
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

qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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