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Qwen3.6 35B A3B

by Alibaba Qwen · Released Apr 2026

Open SourceMultimodal
42.2
avg score
Rank #197
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Better than 40% of all models
Context
262K tokens (~131 books)
Input $/1M
$0.10
Output $/1M
$0.90
Type
multimodal
License
Open Source
Benchmarks
23 tested
Data as of
About

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is an open-weight multimodal model from Alibaba Cloud with 35 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters per token. It uses a hybrid sparse mixture-of-experts architecture combining Gated...

Tested on 23 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 42.2. Top scores: Artificial Analysis · tau2-Bench Telecom (95.3%), OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (86.7%), Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond (84.1%).

Capabilities
coding
29.6
#176 globally
math
54.0
#121 globally
knowledge
52.6
#117 globally
speed
45.0
#47 globally
general
37.5
#92 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 23 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories
Score Distribution (all 326 models)
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codingCompare coding →
WeirdML

Unusual and adversarial machine learning challenges. Tests robustness of reasoning about edge cases in ML systems.

34.5·
Terminal Bench

Complex terminal-based engineering tasks. Models must use command-line tools, navigate filesystems, and debug systems through shell interaction.

24.6·
mathCompare math →
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

Mock AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Exam) problems from OTIS. Tests mathematical competition performance.

86.7·
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
21.4·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
GPQA diamond

Graduate-level science questions written by PhD experts. Diamond subset contains questions where experts disagree, testing deep understanding.

83.1·
Chess Puzzles

Tactical chess puzzles testing pattern recognition and multi-move calculation. Measures strategic reasoning ability.

22.1·
Quick compare:Anthropic logovs Claude Opus 4.1Alibaba logovs Qwen2.5 3B InstructDeepSeek logovs R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
Model Family · Alibaba Qwen Qwen 3.6
Apr 2026
61.9
$0.32/M in262Kctx18 benchmarks
Apr 2026
42.2-19.7
$0.10/M in(-0.22)262Kctx23 benchmarks
Apr 2026
45.7+3.5
$0.19/M in(+0.09)1.0Mctx(+738K)19 benchmarks
Apr 2026
57.7+12.0
$1.03/M in(+0.84)262Kctx(-738K)13 benchmarks
Apr 2026
62.3+4.6
$0.33/M in(-0.70)1.0Mctx(+738K)25 benchmarks
Apr 2026
$0.00/M in(-0.33)1.0Mctx
Mar 2026
$0.00/M in1.0Mctx
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Qwen3.6 35B A3B pricing dropped 5%
Oct 29, 2026
Qwen3.6 35B A3B pricing dropped 33%
Oct 20, 2026
Qwen3.6 35B A3B pricing increased 50%
Sep 21, 2026
Qwen3.6 35B A3B pricing dropped 29%
Aug 28, 2026
Qwen3.6 35B A3B pricing dropped 7%
Aug 17, 2026
Qwen3.6 35B A3B pricing dropped 7%
May 5, 2026
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Specifications
  • Typemultimodal
  • Context262K tokens (~131 books)
  • ReleasedApr 2026
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
  • Cost / Message~$0.001
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Qwen3.6 35B A3B is an open-source multimodal AI model by Alibaba Qwen, released in April 2026. It has an average benchmark score of 42.2. Context window: 262K tokens.

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Benchmarks

Artificial Analysis · tau2-Bench TelecomOTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025Artificial Analysis · GPQA DiamondGPQA diamondArtificial Analysis · MMMU Pro

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Key facts · as of 2026-11-11

  • Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Alibaba Qwen. BenchGecko score 42.2, rank 197 of 326 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price $0.10 input · $0.90 output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-11-11).
  • Sold by 10 providers (as of 2026-11-11): PrimeIntellect (fp8) $0.0160 in / $0.14 out · Darkbloom (fp4) $0.0500 in / $0.70 out · AkashML (fp8) $0.10 in / $0.90 out · CoreWeave (fp8) $0.10 in / $0.89 out · DeepInfra (fp8) $0.10 in / $0.95 out · and 5 more. Every provider

How to cite · data as of 2026-11-11

Qwen3.6 35B A3B · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-11-11. https://benchgecko.ai/model/qwen3-6-35b-a3b

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP