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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 3.8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 64
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 48

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx microsoft/phi-4-mi…
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 Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec129.890.3
First chunk77 ms198 ms
TTFT30.0 s198 ms
Load time1.8 sN/A
Memory usage19.7 GB2.0 GB
Memory %41%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…

Speed
50/50
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

microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…

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