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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 87
Hardware Fit
77 vs 82
Quality Score
81 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gpt-oss-safeguard-…
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM48 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx gpt-oss-safeguard-…
Tokens/sec129.841.4
First chunk77 ms8 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.6 s
Load time1.8 sN/A
Memory usage19.7 GB14.5 GB
Memory %41%61%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
20/30

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

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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