qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus-reasoning-distilled
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
87 vs 80
Hardware Fit
90 vs 63
Quality Score
86 vs 87
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.8-27b-claude…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1816
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.8-27b-claude…
Tokens/sec86.524.0
First chunk9 ms20 ms
TTFT175 ms4.5 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage37.9 GB15.7 GB
Memory %59%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Speed
27/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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