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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

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

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores184
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxIntel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
Tokens/sec86.56.6
First chunk9 ms2277 ms
TTFT175 ms2.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage37.9 GB0.9 GB
Memory %59%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct

Speed
23/50
TTFT
19/20
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

qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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