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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
80 vs 64
Hardware Fit
77 vs 69
Quality Score
81 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores188
RAM48 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec129.87.4
First chunk77 ms1815 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.8 s
Load time1.8 s10.9 s
Memory usage19.7 GB3.5 GB
Memory %41%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest