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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:0.8b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 873.44M · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 65
Hardware Fit
77 vs 99
Quality Score
81 vs 51

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:0.8b
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 qwen3.5:0.8b
Tokens/sec129.848.2
First chunk77 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s195 ms
Load time1.8 s1.0 s
Memory usage19.7 GB2.5 GB
Memory %41%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:0.8b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
29/30

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

qwen3.5:0.8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
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