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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

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Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
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Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 88
Hardware Fit
80 vs 79
Quality Score
83 vs 92

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec54.772.8
First chunk32 ms134 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A2.6 s
Memory usage30.3 GB5.7 GB
Memory %32%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
29/30

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:e2b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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