qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
llama2:13b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 13B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
87 vs 56
Hardware Fit
90 vs 84
Quality Score
86 vs 44
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama2:13b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b llama2:13b
Tokens/sec86.513.5
First chunk9 msN/A
TTFT175 ms415 ms
Load timeN/A0.6 s
Memory usage37.9 GB10.3 GB
Memory %59%32%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
llama2:13b
Speed
24/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
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
llama2:13b
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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