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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
80 vs 58
Hardware Fit
77 vs 82
Quality Score
81 vs 48

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Max
Cores1810
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec129.824.4
First chunk77 ms294 ms
TTFT30.0 s7.9 s
Load time1.8 s3.7 s
Memory usage19.7 GB13.8 GB
Memory %41%43%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3:14b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
5/20
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

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
9/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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