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qwen36-distill-apex

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

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

Global Score
36 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 35
Quality Score
8 vs 88

Hardware

qwen36-distill-apex qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen36-distill-apex qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec55.28.3
First chunk210 ms32 ms
TTFT210 ms2.0 s
Load time4.8 sN/A
Memory usage0.9 GB28.9 GB
Memory %2%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen36-distill-apex

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

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

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

Quality

qwen36-distill-apex

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest