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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 50
Hardware Fit
77 vs 97
Quality Score
81 vs 30

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma3:270m
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M3 Pro
Cores1812
RAM48 GB36 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec129.8239.2
First chunk77 ms127 ms
TTFT30.0 s127 ms
Load time1.8 s0.7 s
Memory usage19.7 GB0.6 GB
Memory %41%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gemma3:270m

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

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

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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