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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
82 vs 20
Hardware Fit
80 vs 34
Quality Score
83 vs 14

Hardware

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.6:27b
MachineMac StudioMac mini
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1212
RAM96 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.6:27b
Tokens/sec54.710.6
First chunk32 ms1344 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage30.3 GB18.1 GB
Memory %32%75%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.6:27b

Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30

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

qwen3.6:27b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest