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qwen3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

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Nov 4, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-9700

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
29 vs 80
Hardware Fit
84 vs 77
Quality Score
6 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3:4b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual PlatformMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Core™ i7-9700Apple M5 Max
Cores418
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.5.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:4b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.4129.8
First chunk857 ms77 ms
TTFT857 ms30.0 s
Load time41.0 s1.8 s
Memory usage3.0 GB19.7 GB
Memory %19%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:4b

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3:4b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
0/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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