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mlx-community/gemma-3-1b-it-8bit

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Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
72 vs 82
Hardware Fit
99 vs 80
Quality Score
61 vs 83

Hardware

mlx-community/gemm… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook AirMac Studio
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Max
Cores1012
RAM32 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/gemm… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec86.355.2
First chunk253 ms4 ms
TTFT253 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.1 GB30.3 GB
Memory %4%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/gemma-3-1…

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

Quality

mlx-community/gemma-3-1…

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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
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