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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 7, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-14600KF

Global Score
80 vs 81
Hardware Fit
77 vs 96
Quality Score
81 vs 75

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-14600KF
Cores1820
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Famille 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec129.8109.1
First chunk77 ms190 ms
TTFT30.0 s190 ms
Load time1.8 s4.3 s
Memory usage19.7 GB5.6 GB
Memory %41%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

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

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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