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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q8_0

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Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
80 vs 80
Hardware Fit
77 vs 79
Quality Score
81 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M5 MaxCortex-X925
Cores1820
RAM48 GB122 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
Tokens/sec129.855.5
First chunk77 ms528 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time1.8 s32.6 s
Memory usage19.7 GB41.0 GB
Memory %41%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
29/30

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

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
10/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest