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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

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 17, 2026 · ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000

Global Score
87 vs 65
Hardware Fit
90 vs 87
Quality Score
86 vs 56

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook ProShanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ZXE CRB
CPUApple M5 MaxZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000
Cores188
RAM64 GB30 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxZX C-1190
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec86.516.8
First chunk9 ms941 ms
TTFT175 ms941 ms
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage37.9 GB1.0 GB
Memory %59%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
37/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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