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qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4_k_m

OPENAI GGUF
Good

Apr 22, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
62 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 78
Quality Score
46 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec67.249.9
First chunk66 ms31 ms
TTFT68 ms708 ms
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage0.2 GB26.6 GB
Memory %0%83%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30

Quality

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
1/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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