Qwen3.6 35B (3B active)

User reports Qwen3.6 35B A3B at 15-20 t/s on an M2 Max 32GB, with prompt processing taking 20 minutes for 40k tokens when the model fits in RAM. Setup is Q4_XS GGUF at 60,000 context with a Q8 KV cache. With SSD streaming the model runs at 4-10 t/s and prompt processing takes 50-60 minutes for 40-60k tokens. User asks whether to upgrade to an M1 Max 64GB, M3 Max 128GB, or a 24GB GPU build with 128GB RAM.