I'm running qwen3.6-35b-a3b with 8 bit quant and 64k context thru OpenCode on my mbp m5 max 128gb and it's as good as claude

A user reports running Qwen3.6-35b-a3b locally on an M5 Max MacBook Pro with 8-bit quantization and 64k context, finding its performance comparable to Claude. They are highly impressed with its speed, ability to handle complex research tasks, and the privacy benefits of local execution.