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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
20 vs 53
Hardware Fit
34 vs 72
Quality Score
14 vs 45

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b qwen3.5:9b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1210
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec10.618.6
First chunk1344 ms403 ms
TTFT30.0 s10.2 s
Load time0.2 s4.3 s
Memory usage18.1 GB9.1 GB
Memory %75%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.6:27b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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