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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q3_K_S

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 91
Hardware Fit
90 vs 96
Quality Score
88 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec39.124.7
First chunk33 ms610 ms
TTFT319 ms610 ms
Load timeN/A3.6 s
Memory usage19.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %60%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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