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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
80 vs 81
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 73

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1812
RAM48 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec129.835.6
First chunk77 ms52 ms
TTFT30.0 s256 ms
Load time1.8 sN/A
Memory usage19.7 GB8.6 GB
Memory %41%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Speed
50/50
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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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