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mlx-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Good

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

Global Score
77 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 50
Quality Score
67 vs 83

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a…
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1416
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

mlx-community/meta… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a…
Tokens/sec54.310.5
First chunk277 ms4 ms
TTFT277 ms1.7 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage4.2 GB21.4 GB
Memory %7%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

Speed
16/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

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