Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on Apple M4 Ultra (192GB)

Yes — M4 Ultra (192GB) handles Qwen3.6-35B-A3B well at Q5_K_M — 25 tok/s. Solid daily-driver performance on 192 GB VRAM.

Model Size

35B

Device VRAM

192 GB

Bandwidth

819 GB/s

Quantization

Q5_K_M

Benchmarks

Performance by Quantization

OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) at Q5_K_M. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.

Quantization	Speed	TTFT	Fits in VRAM	Rating	Confidence
Q5_K_M	25 tok/s	467ms	✓ Yes	Good	estimated

Notes

Q5_K_M

Qwen 3.6-35B-A3B MoE (~3B active). Q5_K_M on 192GB m4-ultra-192gb.

About Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (35B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. MoE with 35B total parameters and ~3B active per token. Local stacks still load the full expert pool, so VRAM tracks total size. Q4_K_M needs ~22GB at practical context (RTX 4090 / 24GB class sweet spot). Q3_K_M (~16GB) fits 16GB cards at default context with minimal KV headroom; long 262K runs need KV cache quantization. 8GB cards cannot run this model without heavy CPU offload. Apache 2.0.

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About Apple M4 Ultra (192GB)

Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) has 192 GB at 819 GB/s. Available in Mac Studio, Mac Pro.

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Estimate method: Estimated from Unsloth GGUF sizes; best quant that fits device VRAM. Reference hardware source: huggingface.co (2026-05-26)

Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.