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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 2.7B · unknown

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
87 vs 61
Hardware Fit
90 vs 97
Quality Score
86 vs 46

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM…
Tokens/sec86.531.0
First chunk9 ms129 ms
TTFT175 ms129 ms
Load timeN/A3.5 s
Memory usage37.9 GB6.6 GB
Memory %59%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

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