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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Good

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
80 vs 73
Hardware Fit
77 vs 50
Quality Score
81 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a…
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM48 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a…
Tokens/sec129.810.5
First chunk77 ms4 ms
TTFT30.0 s1.7 s
Load time1.8 sN/A
Memory usage19.7 GB21.4 GB
Memory %41%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

Speed
16/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
16/30

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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