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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

phi3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

phi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 63
Hardware Fit
77 vs 83
Quality Score
81 vs 55

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx phi3:14b
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 phi3:14b
Tokens/sec129.812.7
First chunk77 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s434 ms
Load time1.8 s0.9 s
Memory usage19.7 GB17.7 GB
Memory %41%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

phi3:14b

Speed
23/50
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

phi3:14b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
7/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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