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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor

Global Score
87 vs 89
Hardware Fit
90 vs 88
Quality Score
86 vs 89

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge XE8545
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Cores18128
RAM64 GB1007 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxGA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], Integrated Matrox G200eW3 Graphics Controller, GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB]
OSmacOS 27.0Rocky Linux 8.10
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
Tokens/sec86.540.0
First chunk9 ms177 ms
TTFT175 ms177 ms
Load timeN/A24.7 s
Memory usage37.9 GB51.0 GB
Memory %59%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Speed
38/50
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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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