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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 59
Hardware Fit
77 vs 69
Quality Score
81 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM48 GB48 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec129.830.5
First chunk77 ms333 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time1.8 s9.8 s
Memory usage19.7 GB25.1 GB
Memory %41%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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