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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

smollm2-360m-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 360M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
87 vs 48
Hardware Fit
90 vs 98
Quality Score
86 vs 26

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b smollm2-360m-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 smollm2-360m-instr…
Tokens/sec86.520.0
First chunk9 ms1116 ms
TTFT175 ms1.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage37.9 GB0.3 GB
Memory %59%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

smollm2-360m-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

smollm2-360m-instruct

Reasoning
3/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
8/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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