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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3-coder:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jun 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
80 vs 89
Hardware Fit
77 vs 96
Quality Score
81 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3-coder:30b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1816
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3-coder:30b
Tokens/sec129.889.9
First chunk77 ms188 ms
TTFT30.0 s188 ms
Load time1.8 s4.0 s
Memory usage19.7 GB30.2 GB
Memory %41%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3-coder:30b

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

Quality

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

qwen3-coder:30b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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