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qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 6bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

mlx-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
87 vs 77
Hardware Fit
90 vs 100
Quality Score
86 vs 67

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b mlx-community/meta…
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b mlx-community/meta…
Tokens/sec86.554.3
First chunk9 ms277 ms
TTFT175 ms277 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage37.9 GB4.2 GB
Memory %59%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Speed
50/50
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

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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