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qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

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Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 34
Hardware Fit
77 vs 21
Quality Score
81 vs 39

Hardware

qwen3.6:35b-mlx qwen3.5-27b-claude…
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 qwen3.5-27b-claude…
Tokens/sec129.86.1
First chunk77 ms7 ms
TTFT30.0 s22.9 s
Load time1.8 sN/A
Memory usage19.7 GB19.8 GB
Memory %41%82%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30

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

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest