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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

smollm2:135m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 134.52M · F16

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 41
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 15

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx smollm2:135m
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx smollm2:135m
Tokens/sec129.8241.0
First chunk77 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s39 ms
Load time1.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage19.7 GB0.6 GB
Memory %41%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

smollm2:135m

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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

smollm2:135m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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