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qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

Not Rec.

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
72 vs 81
Hardware Fit
35 vs 100
Quality Score
88 vs 73

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineSystem manufacturerASUS
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1612
RAM32 GB31 GB
GPUAMD Radeon RX 9060 XTNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200Nobara Linux 43
Archx64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec8.335.6
First chunk32 ms52 ms
TTFT2.0 s256 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage28.9 GB8.6 GB
Memory %91%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
5/30

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

Quality

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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