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Qwen3.5 35B A3B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Alibaba · released

Wins 1 of 8 areas

Following instructions

Alibaba · released

Wins 5 of 8 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Math

Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper and better at following instructions.

Scores updated · 66 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Qwen3.5 35B A3B$0.25 to read · $2.00 to write$2.25Price from Alibaba's own price page
Qwen3.6 35B A3B$0.38 to read · $2.25 to write$2.63Price from Alibaba's own price page

Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs 14% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where Qwen3.6 35B A3B pulls ahead

  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+34.9points aheadQwen3.6 35B A3B49.5Qwen3.5 35B A3B14.6
  • Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+14.2points aheadQwen3.6 35B A3B19.8Qwen3.5 35B A3B5.6
  • Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+8.3points aheadQwen3.6 35B A3B34.8Qwen3.5 35B A3B26.5

Where Qwen3.5 35B A3B pulls ahead

  • Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+12.3points aheadQwen3.5 35B A3B61Qwen3.6 35B A3B48.7
  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+8.1points aheadQwen3.5 35B A3B72.5Qwen3.6 35B A3B64.4
  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+1.3points aheadQwen3.5 35B A3B20.1Qwen3.6 35B A3B18.8

Every test, side by side

All 66 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full coding ranking

AgentsQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full images and charts ranking

MathQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full math ranking

Long documentsEven

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsQwen3.5 35B A3B
  • IFBenchQwen3.5 35B A3B by 8.172.564.4+8.1

Full following instructions ranking

Other results40 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Qwen3.5 35B A3B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins five of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts and math. Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins following instructions, and costs 14% less. They are level on facts and long documents.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B. It wins 6 of the 7 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins 1.

Which is cheaper?

Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.38 and $2.25. That makes Qwen3.5 35B A3B about 14% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 66 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 26 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 40 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.

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