Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is worth evaluating for coding, rag, and agents when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, rag, and agents
- Workloads that can use a 262k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Workloads where another current model has stronger sourced task evidence
- Family
- Qwen3.6
- Released
- 2026-04-16
- Context
- 262k
- Parameters
- 35B
- Architecture
- moe
- Specialization
- code
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0(OSI)Commercial use allowed
Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter
About
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is an open-weight multimodal MoE model with 35B total parameters and 3B activated per token, released April 2026. It features a hybrid architecture combining Gated DeltaNet linear attention and standard Gated Attention with 256 total experts (8 routed + 1 shared), and includes a vision encoder for image and video understanding. Optimized for agentic coding, long-context reasoning, and visual tasks; supports 256K native context (extensible to ~1M via YaRN) with integrated thinking mode for multi-turn agent interactions.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is an open-source model in the Qwen3.6 family. The structured metadata tracks a 262k-token context window, multimodal input, function calling, and tool use. This page tracks provider routes through OpenRouter and Novita AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.15 input and $1 output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include SWE-bench Verified 73.4, SWE-bench Pro 49.5, and LiveCodeBench 80.4.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Q/$ C3 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Agents
Q/$ A1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.150 | $1.00 | Serverless |
| Novita AI | $0.248 | $1.49 | Serverless |
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(6)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.4 | — | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.5 | — | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| LiveCodeBench | 80.4 | v6 | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| MMLU PRO | 85.2 | — | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| Google-Proof Q&A | 86.0 | diamond | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| MathVista | 86.4 | mini | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Rankings & picks(10)
Comparison and alternatives
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Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter