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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra 9 285K

Global Score
80 vs 86
Hardware Fit
77 vs 98
Quality Score
81 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3:30b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ Ultra 9 285K
Cores1824
RAM48 GB47 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, Intel(R) Graphics
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3:30b
Tokens/sec129.8204.8
First chunk77 ms96 ms
TTFT30.0 s674 ms
Load time1.8 s5.2 s
Memory usage19.7 GB20.5 GB
Memory %41%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3:30b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen3:30b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
12/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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