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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 71
Hardware Fit
77 vs 35
Quality Score
81 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM48 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec129.85.9
First chunk77 ms19 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.8 s
Load time1.8 sN/A
Memory usage19.7 GB22.0 GB
Memory %41%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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