Apple M5 Max
MacBook Pro
64 GB RAM · 9 models tested
Avg Score
75 /100
Avg Speed
89 tok/s
Models Tested
9
| Model | Size | Score | tok/s | TTFT | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-4.7-opus-reasoning-distilled-apex | 35B | 90 | 86.6 | 143 ms | Excellent |
| qwen3.6:35b-mlx | nvfp4 | 89 | 129.4 | 49 ms | Excellent |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | 35B 4bit | 89 | 130.2 | 135 ms | Excellent |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | 35B 6bit | 87 | 86.5 | 175 ms | Excellent |
| openai/gpt-oss-20b | 20B MXFP4 | 83 | 131.7 | 30.0s | Not Rec. |
| qwen3.6:35b-mlx | nvfp4 | 80 | 129.8 | 30.0s | Not Rec. |
| qwen3.8-27b-mlx | 27B | 66 | 33.2 | 311 ms | Good |
| qwen3.8-27b-mlx | 27B 8bit | 59 | 18.3 | 530 ms | Marginal |
| qwen36-distill-apex | 36 | 55.2 | 210 ms | Not Rec. |