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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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

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May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 60
Hardware Fit
80 vs 80
Quality Score
83 vs 52

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1214
RAM96 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec54.7227.0
First chunk32 ms60 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage30.3 GB2.6 GB
Memory %32%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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