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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

mistral:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7.2B · Q4_0

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 72
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 60

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx mistral:latest
MachineMacBook ProMac Mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM48 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx mistral:latest
Tokens/sec129.854.3
First chunk77 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s124 ms
Load time1.8 s0.0 s
Memory usage19.7 GB9.9 GB
Memory %41%15%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

mistral:latest

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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

mistral:latest

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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