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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Apr 5, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
87 vs 90
Hardware Fit
90 vs 85
Quality Score
86 vs 92

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b unsloth/gemma-4-26…
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 unsloth/gemma-4-26…
Tokens/sec86.524.9
First chunk9 ms15 ms
TTFT175 ms817 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage37.9 GB16.8 GB
Memory %59%70%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

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

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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