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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
87 vs 33
Hardware Fit
90 vs 50
Quality Score
86 vs 25

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec86.520.0
First chunk9 ms941 ms
TTFT175 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage37.9 GB20.3 GB
Memory %59%85%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30

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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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