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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

Not Rec.

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

Global Score
53 vs 72
Hardware Fit
81 vs 35
Quality Score
41 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M2AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores816
RAM8 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec24.88.3
First chunk317 ms32 ms
TTFT7.4 s2.0 s
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage3.9 GB28.9 GB
Memory %49%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
25/30

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

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

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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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