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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Qwen3-30B:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
82 vs 88
Hardware Fit
80 vs 90
Quality Score
83 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b Qwen3-30B:30b
MachineMac StudioGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M2 MaxIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1216
RAM96 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 26.1Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b Qwen3-30B:30b
Tokens/sec54.731.3
First chunk32 ms560 ms
TTFT30.0 s560 ms
Load timeN/A15.4 s
Memory usage30.3 GB17.7 GB
Memory %32%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
20/20
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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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