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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
82 vs 53
Hardware Fit
80 vs 72
Quality Score
83 vs 45

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5:9b
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Max
Cores1210
RAM96 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec54.718.6
First chunk32 ms403 ms
TTFT30.0 s10.2 s
Load timeN/A4.3 s
Memory usage30.3 GB9.1 GB
Memory %32%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
Memory
30/30

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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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