Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Analysis Summary
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is a mixture-of-experts model from Qwen with an intelligence index of 31.6, a coding index of 41.9, and an agentic index of 65.1. It supports tool use, function calling, and vision, with a 262K context window and video input capability. Instruction following (ifbench 0.64) and long-context reasoning (lcr 0.64) are strong for this tier, and the tau2 score of 0.953 indicates reliable task completion.
The combination of strong agentic performance, broad modality support, and a large context window makes this model well suited to autonomous coding agents, long-document analysis, and multi-step tool-use pipelines. Vision and video input add value for businesses processing mixed media. The main limitation is that its intelligence index sits in the good-but-not-frontier range, so it will not match top-tier models on the hardest reasoning tasks.
At $0.14/1M input and $1/1M output, it offers strong price-performance for a model with this breadth of capability. Teams needing a versatile, agentic-capable model without flagship pricing will find it a practical choice.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Qwen3.6 35B A3B from Qwen pairs a coding index of 41.9 and agentic index of 65.1 with tool use, function calling, and vision support across a 262K context window, at competitive pricing for its capability tier.
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How Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B compares
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B ranks #71 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #45 of 129 for coding, #41 of 293 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list. At $0.14 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 58% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
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..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | April 27, 2026 |
| Context Length | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Completion | 262,144 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.14 | $0.000140 |
| Output | $1.00 | $0.001000 |
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
How much does Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B cost?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B ranks #45 of 129 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B do?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is developed by Qwen and was released on April 27, 2026.
