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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

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Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
20 vs 59
Hardware Fit
34 vs 69
Quality Score
14 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1214
RAM24 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec10.630.5
First chunk1344 ms333 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time0.2 s9.8 s
Memory usage18.1 GB25.1 GB
Memory %75%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

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

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

qwen3.5:35b-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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