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MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48 GB · Agentic coding / medium repository
- Recursive Flint (40B-A2.5B)MXFP4 · LM StudioComfortableSpeed 65–90 tok/sUses 22 GBFree 15 GB
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B5-bit · LM StudioComfortableSpeed 50–70 tok/sUses 25 GBFree 12 GB
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B5-bit · LM StudioComfortableSpeed 50–70 tok/sUses 25 GBFree 12 GB
- Qwen3.5 4B8-bit · LM StudioAcceptableSpeed 30–40 tok/sUses 6.8 GBFree 30 GB
| Model | Confidence | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recursive Flint (40B-A2.5B)MXFP4 · LM Studio | Comfortable | 22 GB | 15 GB | Excellent65–90 tok/s | Comfortable | 128K | Strong | Strong | Medium confidence |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B5-bit · LM Studio | Comfortable | 25 GB | 12 GB | Excellent50–70 tok/s | Comfortable | 128K | Strong | Strong | Medium confidence |
| Qwen3.5 35B-A3B5-bit · LM Studio | Comfortable | 25 GB | 12 GB | Excellent50–70 tok/s | Comfortable | 128K | Good | Good | Medium confidence |
| Qwen3.5 4B8-bit · LM Studio | Acceptable | 6.8 GB | 30 GB | Comfortable30–40 tok/s | Adequate | 128K | Fair | Fair | Medium confidence |
Qwen3.5 4B
8-bit · LM Studio
Usable for agentic coding, but expect compromises: ingesting a prompt of 18K tokens takes ≈30 s, and each step ≈20 s — noticeable waits; weak coding capability for agentic coding. Tool calling is good.
≈30 GB headroom
30–40 tok/s
≈30 s first prompt
32K context
Official
Poorly suited
Recursive Flint (40B-A2.5B)
MXFP4 · LM Studio
Yes — this should be comfortable for agentic coding.
≈15 GB headroom
65–90 tok/s
≈20 s first prompt
32K context
Official
Suited
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
5-bit · LM Studio
Yes — this should be comfortable for agentic coding.
≈12 GB headroom
50–70 tok/s
≈20 s first prompt
32K context
Official
Suited
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
5-bit · LM Studio
Yes — this should be comfortable for agentic coding.
≈12 GB headroom
50–70 tok/s
≈20 s first prompt
32K context
Official
Suited