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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 16, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-4771

Global Score
80 vs 65
Hardware Fit
77 vs 92
Quality Score
81 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook ProiMac
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i7-4771
Cores188
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.3
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec129.819.6
First chunk77 ms690 ms
TTFT30.0 s690 ms
Load time1.8 s21.4 s
Memory usage19.7 GB1.0 GB
Memory %41%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
42/50
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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
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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