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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
80 vs 86
Hardware Fit
77 vs 79
Quality Score
81 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M5 MaxCortex-X925
Cores1820
RAM48 GB122 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec129.827.5
First chunk77 ms484 ms
TTFT30.0 s484 ms
Load time1.8 s8.2 s
Memory usage19.7 GB9.3 GB
Memory %41%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
29/50
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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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