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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Good

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
80 vs 79
Hardware Fit
77 vs 59
Quality Score
81 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1816
RAM48 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec129.89.3
First chunk77 ms21 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.6 s
Load time1.8 s32.0 s
Memory usage19.7 GB1.8 GB
Memory %41%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
12/20
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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest