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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 22, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
80 vs 88
Hardware Fit
77 vs 90
Quality Score
81 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1832
RAM48 GB125 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec129.842.0
First chunk77 ms243 ms
TTFT30.0 s243 ms
Load time1.8 s9.7 s
Memory usage19.7 GB32.1 GB
Memory %41%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
40/50
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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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