Qwen 3.6 35b a3b Q4 vs qwen 3.6 27b q6, on m5 pro 64gb

Tried to test the two versions of models in my own m5 pro 64, curated the results on claude, not an expert so settings/config might not be the best. do share what results or improvements that can be attempted. test prompts were generated in claude for testing purposes. Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs 27B UD — M5 Pro 64GB benchmark Hardware: MacBook Pro M5 Pro 18-core · 64GB unified memory · LM Studio · MLX runtime · thinking OFF (/no_think) · 128K context Specs 35B A3B MLX 4bit 27B UD MLX 6bit Model size ~21

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