Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is a model in Alibaba's Qwen3.6 series, using the A3B naming that indicates a mixture-of-experts design with roughly 3B active parameters per token.
API Pricing
Cheapest input on Empirio Labs · cheapest output on Empirio Labs| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.070 | $0.420 | $0.035 | |
| $0.100 | $0.950 | - | |
| $0.100 | $0.900 | $0.025 | |
| $0.132 | $0.912 | $0.066 | |
| $0.248 | $1.49 | - | |
| $0.248 | $1.49 | - | |
| $0.282 | $1.69 | - |
Prices updated daily. Last check: Nov 6, 2026
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Performance & Benchmarks
Source: Artificial Analysis →Benchmarks measured Nov 2026. Scores are independent evaluations, not vendor-reported.
Model Details
General
- Creator
- Alibaba
- Modalities
- Text
Capabilities
- Open Source
- Yes
Strengths & Limitations
Strengths
- Mixture-of-experts naming (35B total, ~3B active) implies compute per token far below that of a dense 35B model
- Measured output throughput of roughly 143 tokens per second in Artificial Analysis benchmarking
- Part of Alibaba's Qwen3.6 series, one of the more widely hosted open-model families across inference providers
- Sparse activation makes it a candidate for high-request-volume workloads where per-token cost matters
- Multiple hosting options mean pricing and latency can be compared directly in the table on this page
Limitations
- We have not confirmed a context window length for this model in our database
- Modality support (for example image input) is not tracked on our side and should be verified with the provider
- No standardized quality benchmarks (reasoning, coding, math) are recorded for this model in our data
- Measured time to first token of roughly 1,077 ms is higher than some smaller models, so it is less suited to latency-critical single-turn interactions
- With only ~3B active parameters per token, quality on hard multi-step reasoning may trail models that activate substantially more compute
Key Features
About Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Common Use Cases
The 35B/A3B configuration points at workloads where throughput and cost per token dominate: bulk text generation, summarization pipelines, chat assistants handling many concurrent sessions, content classification and tagging at scale, and agent loops that make repeated short model calls. Because only about 3B parameters activate per token, per-request compute stays low relative to the model's 35B total size, which is the main reason to prefer this shape over a dense model of similar footprint. For tasks that hinge on deep multi-step reasoning or long-document analysis, verify the context window and quality benchmarks with your chosen provider first, since we do not track those figures for this model.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Qwen3.6 35B A3B cost to run?
Pricing varies by provider and by pricing type — per-token API billing, batch or discounted tiers, and self-hosting on rented GPUs are all priced differently. Rates also change frequently. Check the pricing table on this page for current figures across the providers we track.
What is Qwen3.6 35B A3B best used for?
It suits high-volume text workloads where cost and throughput per token matter: chat backends, summarization and extraction pipelines, classification, and agent loops with many short calls. The mixture-of-experts design keeps compute per token low relative to the 35B total parameter count.
What does the "A3B" in the name mean?
In Alibaba's Qwen naming convention, the A3B suffix denotes the approximate number of active parameters used per token — around 3B here — while the 35B refers to total parameters. That gap indicates a mixture-of-experts architecture rather than a dense model.
How fast is it?
Artificial Analysis benchmarking recorded roughly 143 output tokens per second with a time to first token of about 1,077 ms. Both figures depend on the serving provider, batching and prompt length, so actual results vary between the endpoints in the pricing table.
What context window does it support?
We do not have a confirmed context window for Qwen3.6 35B A3B in our database. Check the documentation of the specific provider you intend to use, as hosts sometimes serve the same model with different maximum context settings.