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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 78
Hardware Fit
80 vs 72
Quality Score
83 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec55.226.9
First chunk4 ms222 ms
TTFT30.0 s222 ms
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage30.3 GB15.4 GB
Memory %32%96%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
2/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest