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Qwen3.6 35B A3BOPEN
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Alibaba): live API pricing, context window and the best open-source alternatives, tracked daily by OpenSourceAI.tech.
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Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for Qwen3.6 35B A3B, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better. Measurement mode: Reasoning.
For the same budget, Qwen3.6 35B A3B delivers 9.3 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
About this model
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is an open-weight AI model by Alibaba. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is an AI language model from Alibaba. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 31.6 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is Qwen3.6 35B A3B free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Qwen3.6 35B A3B and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.14 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens.
What is Qwen3.6 35B A3B good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 84.1%, Humanity's Last Exam 20.2%, Long Context Reasoning 63.7%, SciCode 35.8%, IFBench 64.4%, τ²-Bench 95.3%, τ-Bench Banking 8.7%, Terminal-Bench 44.9%, Terminal-Bench Hard 34.8%. It is particularly used for code generation.
How fast is Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
It generates about 133.1 tokens per second, with a median 1.29s delay before the first token. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis.
Can I self-host Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Yes. Qwen3.6 35B A3B has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.
Open-source alternatives
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