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Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Qwen · Released Apr 15, 2026 · Open weights

Open multimodal Qwen MoE for local agents that need vision, audio, and code

Strongest at
Reasoning
Better than 27% of the past year's models · one benchmark so far
Price per 1M tokens
$0.38 / $2.25
input / output · Alibaba
Context window
262.1K
tokens in · 65.5K out
Since the last one
51 days
after Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Lab announcement ↗Open in the timeline

Capability profile

Scored against 91 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model; further out is better.

This modelQwen3.5 35B-A3BMedian of the past year
5090Median of the past yearReasoning: 49 · Better than 27%Math: 49 · Better than 22%Science: 52 · Better than 11%Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 62ReasoningMathScience
Reasoning49Better than 27% · 1 test
Math49−7.8Better than 22%
Science52−9.9Better than 11%

No results yet: Coding, Writing, Reading & documents, Visual reasoning, Computer use

Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow dot rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

7 models from the past year score higher on Reasoning for less: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Claude Haiku 5.5 and 4 more.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10$3020406080100GPT-6.1 Terra: 99, $2 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 74, $0.52 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 64, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 53, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 85, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 87, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 81, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 76, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 53, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 84, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 60, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 68, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 90, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 60, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 75, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 77, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 48, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 54, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 49, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 60, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 73, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 66, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 66, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 64, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 66, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 61, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 76, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 61, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 62, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 42, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 66, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 76, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 57, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 63, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 64, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 49, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 51, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 74, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 44, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 68, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 58, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 64, $3.38 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 48, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 21, $0.18 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 79, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 75, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 27, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 46, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 22, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 34, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 63, $10 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 61, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 54, $2.15 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 33, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 40, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 77, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 68, $5.62 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 122B-A10B: 44, $1.1 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 68, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 43, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 45, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 47, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 55, $10 per 1MKimi K2.5: 46, $1 per 1MGLM-4.7: 51, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 58, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 69, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 37, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 59, $4.81 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 61, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1: 54, $3.44 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3BPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Reasoning$0.1$1$1020406080100GPT-6.1 Terra: 99, $2 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 74, $0.52 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 64, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 53, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 85, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 87, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 81, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 76, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 53, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 84, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 60, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 68, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 90, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 60, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 75, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 77, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 48, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 54, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 49, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 60, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 73, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 66, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 66, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 64, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 66, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 61, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 76, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 61, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 62, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 42, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 66, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 76, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 57, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 63, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 64, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 49, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 51, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 74, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 44, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 68, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 58, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 64, $3.38 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 48, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 21, $0.18 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 79, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 75, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 27, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 46, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 22, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 34, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 63, $10 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 61, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 54, $2.15 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 33, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 40, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 77, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 68, $5.62 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 122B-A10B: 44, $1.1 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 68, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 43, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 45, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 47, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 55, $10 per 1MKimi K2.5: 46, $1 per 1MGLM-4.7: 51, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 58, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 69, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 37, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 59, $4.81 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 61, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1: 54, $3.44 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3BPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Reasoning

OpenRouter $0.1 / $0.9 · Alibaba $0.38 / $2.25

Since Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

7 releases in the Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B line.

Qwen3 235B-A22BApr 28, 20250dQwen3 30B A3BApr 28, 2025293dQwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 15, 20268dQwen3.5 122B-A10BFeb 23, 20260dQwen3.5 35B-A3BFeb 23, 202651dQwen3.6 35B-A3BApr 15, 2026119dQwen3.8 2.4T A95BAug 12, 2026
Released51 days later
Price in / out$0.38 / $2.25+23%
Context262.1Ksame
Math49−7.8
Science52−9.9

A newer release is out: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B.

ECI STANDING#99 of 270
SCORE143.73141.05–145.8 CI
FRONTIER LAGLaunched 12.5 months behindScores about what Gemini 2.5 Pro (Mar 2025) did in March 2025.
SCORES LIKE THESE MODELS
Gemini 2.5 Pro (Mar 2025)Google DeepMind · Mar 2025143.96
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)Alibaba · Jul 2025143.76
GLM-4.7Z.ai (Zhipu AI) · Dec 2025143.59
Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Alibaba · Feb 2026143.52
Full Epoch Capabilities Index ranking ↗

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

GPQA diamond
85%#76 of 234
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
87%#73 of 216
Mystery Game Puzzles
22%#42 of 88
Surface Evolver Bench
44%#19 of 26
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
20%#76 of 90
Terminal Bench
25%#43 of 50

Qwen's past year

48 release days in the past year, about one every 8 days. The next is expected around Nov 2, 2026. Forecasts ↗

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Specifications

RELEASE DATEApr 15, 2026
WEIGHTSOpen weights
CONTEXT WINDOW262.1K
MAX OUTPUT65.5K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext, image/bmp, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, image/heic, video/mp4, video/x-msvideo, video/x-matroska, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-ms-wmv
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

Specifications and prices from Models.dev; availability and limits may differ by provider. Benchmarks from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LiveBench and the other sources named above.