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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 74
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec129.844.1
First chunk77 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s178 ms
Load time1.8 s0.8 s
Memory usage19.7 GB7.0 GB
Memory %41%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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