llamaperf

Qwen3.5 35B (3B active)

on M5 16GB · oMLX · 128,000 ctx

Tone: mixedApple hardware
Oct 28, 2026
Throughput
20-40 t/s gen
System RAM
16 GB

Use cases

agentic

Summary

User reports running Qwen3.5 35B-A3B and Gemma 4 26B-A4B on an M5 16GB Mac at about 20-40 t/s, with 128k of context. Setup uses oMLX, which the user tested after seeing results, and goose for the CLI. The speed is given only as a range. The user asks why others recommend smaller models such as Gemma 4 E4B or Qwen3.5 9B Q6_K instead.