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qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Good

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

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qwen2 · 14B · 5bit

Not Rec.

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
79 vs 36
Hardware Fit
59 vs 53
Quality Score
87 vs 28

Hardware

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MachineDocker ContainerMac mini
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M4
Cores1610
RAM15 GB24 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M4
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec9.310.3
First chunk21 ms27 ms
TTFT3.6 s20.7 s
Load time32.0 s15.4 s
Memory usage1.8 GB1.0 GB
Memory %12%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
30/30

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Speed
23/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
17/20
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

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Reasoning
3/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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