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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
88 vs 72
Hardware Fit
87 vs 77
Quality Score
89 vs 70

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama3.1:8b
MachineMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E51MacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core ProcessorApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM31 GB16 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, AMD Radeon(TM) GraphicsApple M1 Pro
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200macOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec86.121.5
First chunk14 ms368 ms
TTFT211 ms368 ms
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage20.5 GB12.9 GB
Memory %66%81%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
17/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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