Author's Description
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...
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, an open-weight multimodal model from Alibaba Cloud, demonstrates moderate speed performance, ranking in the 25th percentile across benchmarks. Its pricing tends to be at premium levels, positioned in the 20th percentile. A standout feature is its exceptional reliability, boasting a 99% success rate, indicating minimal technical failures. The model exhibits strong performance in several key areas. It achieved perfect accuracy in both General Knowledge and Ethics, with the latter also being the most accurate and fastest among models at its price point. Its Hallucinations baseline is impressive at 96.0% accuracy, suggesting a good ability to acknowledge uncertainty. The model also performs well in Email Classification (99.0% accuracy) and Reasoning (94.0% accuracy). While its Instruction Following (72.0% accuracy) and Coding (90.0% accuracy) are solid, they are not as exceptional as its knowledge-based and ethical reasoning capabilities. Mathematics performance is also strong at 93.0% accuracy. Overall, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B's primary strengths lie in its reliability, ethical reasoning, and general knowledge, making it a robust choice for applications requiring high accuracy and dependable operation, despite its moderate speed and premium pricing.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.161 |
| Completion | $0.965 |
| Input Cache Read | $0.161 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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AtlasCloud
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AtlasCloud | qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b-20260415 | 262K | $0.161 / 1M tokens | $0.965 / 1M tokens |
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Parasail
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Parasail | qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b-20260415 | 262K | $0.35 / 1M tokens | $2 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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| Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Feb 25, 2026 | 35B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Feb 25, 2026 | 122B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3.5-Flash | Feb 25, 2026 | — | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Feb 16, 2026 | — | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Feb 15, 2026 | 397B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking | Feb 09, 2026 | — | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next | Feb 03, 2026 | ~80B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | Oct 23, 2025 | 32B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Oct 14, 2025 | 8B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Oct 14, 2025 | 8B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Oct 06, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | Oct 06, 2025 | 30B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Sep 23, 2025 | 235B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Sep 23, 2025 | 235B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Max | Sep 23, 2025 | — | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus | Sep 23, 2025 | ~480B | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Flash | Sep 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Sep 11, 2025 | 80B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Sep 11, 2025 | 80B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 | Sep 08, 2025 | ~20B | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | Aug 28, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Jul 31, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Jul 29, 2025 | 30B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Jul 25, 2025 | 235B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Jul 22, 2025 | 480B | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Unavailable | Jul 22, 2025 | 480B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Jul 21, 2025 | 235B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 4B Unavailable | Apr 30, 2025 | 4B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B | Apr 28, 2025 | 30B | 16K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 8B | Apr 28, 2025 | 8B | 128K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 14B | Apr 28, 2025 | 14B | 40K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 32B | Apr 28, 2025 | 32B | 40K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | Apr 28, 2025 | 235B | 40K |
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| Qwen: Qwen VL Max | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen-Plus | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 1M |
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| Qwen: Qwen-Max | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 32K |
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| Qwen: QwQ 32B Preview Unavailable | Nov 27, 2024 | 32B | 32K |
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| Qwen: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Oct 15, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Sep 18, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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| Qwen: Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct Unavailable | Aug 27, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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| Qwen 2 72B Instruct Unavailable | Jun 06, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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