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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/empero-ai/Qwen3.8-2B-Distill-GGUF:BF16

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 1.94B · BF16

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
87 vs 76
Hardware Fit
90 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 66

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b hf.co/empero-ai/Qw…
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/empero-ai/Qw…
Tokens/sec86.540.3
First chunk9 ms101 ms
TTFT175 ms101 ms
Load timeN/A2.7 s
Memory usage37.9 GB4.5 GB
Memory %59%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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