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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

Global Score
80 vs 76
Hardware Fit
77 vs 92
Quality Score
81 vs 69

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma3:4b
MachineMacBook ProNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M5 MaxCortex-A78AE
Cores186
RAM48 GB7 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec129.815.0
First chunk77 ms2380 ms
TTFT30.0 s2.4 s
Load time1.8 s13.6 s
Memory usage19.7 GB2.6 GB
Memory %41%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gemma3:4b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
18/20
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

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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