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LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 14B · 5bit

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Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

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Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
36 vs 72
Hardware Fit
53 vs 35
Quality Score
28 vs 88

Hardware

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MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec10.38.3
First chunk27 ms32 ms
TTFT20.7 s2.0 s
Load time15.4 sN/A
Memory usage1.0 GB28.9 GB
Memory %4%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

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Speed
23/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
5/30

Quality

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Reasoning
3/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
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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