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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

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

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1810
RAM48 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec129.825.3
First chunk77 ms761 ms
TTFT30.0 s7.7 s
Load time1.8 s3.6 s
Memory usage19.7 GB7.1 GB
Memory %41%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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