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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-6500

Global Score
87 vs 61
Hardware Fit
90 vs 69
Quality Score
86 vs 58

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H170M-D3H
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-6500
Cores184
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxGP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec86.535.7
First chunk9 ms438 ms
TTFT175 ms5.1 s
Load timeN/A40.1 s
Memory usage37.9 GB5.5 GB
Memory %59%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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