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qwen3:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
72 vs 59
Hardware Fit
92 vs 69
Quality Score
63 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3:1.7b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineAZW GTR ProMacBook Pro
CPUAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395Apple M4 Pro
Cores3214
RAM125 GB48 GB
GPUAMD Radeon 8060SApple M4 Pro
OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTSmacOS 26.3.1
Archx64arm64
Power Modelow-powerbalanced

Performance

qwen3:1.7b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec120.730.5
First chunk93 ms333 ms
TTFT1.5 s30.0 s
Load time2.5 s9.8 s
Memory usage5.8 GB25.1 GB
Memory %5%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:1.7b

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

Quality

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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