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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 84
Hardware Fit
80 vs 82
Quality Score
83 vs 85

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec54.727.2
First chunk32 ms732 ms
TTFT30.0 s8.1 s
Load timeN/A3.5 s
Memory usage30.3 GB7.1 GB
Memory %32%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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