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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q5_K_XL

Good

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
87 vs 73
Hardware Fit
90 vs 47
Quality Score
86 vs 84

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1816
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Tokens/sec86.55.6
First chunk9 ms19 ms
TTFT175 ms5.6 s
Load timeN/A12.5 s
Memory usage37.9 GB0.0 GB
Memory %59%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

Speed
10/50
TTFT
7/20
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

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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