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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gpt-oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 5, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
87 vs 84
Hardware Fit
90 vs 65
Quality Score
86 vs 92

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 27.0cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec86.5221.5
First chunk9 ms5 ms
TTFT175 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage37.9 GB21.1 GB
Memory %59%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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

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