Qwen3.6 27B vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.6 27B and Qwen3.5 35B A3B releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, Qwen3.6 27B scores highest: Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) at 22, against Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) at 19 for Qwen3.5 35B A3B.
- For output speed, Qwen3.5 35B A3B is fastest: Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 164 t/s, against Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning) at 59 t/s for Qwen3.6 27B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) |  Alibaba | 22 | 22 | 18 | 24 | - | 24 | 32 | $0.62 | $0.9 | $0.60 | $3.60 | - | $1,145 | 32k | 19k | 164M | 57 | 3.68s | 103.35s | 112.13s | 500.53s | 27.8B | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |    +2 | |||
| Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.9 | $0.60 | $3.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 59 | 3.63s | 3.63s | 12.12s | - | 27.8B | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |  +2 | |||
| Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) | Alibaba | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.4 | $0.25 | $2.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 148 | 2.07s | 15.62s | 19.00s | - | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Feb 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |  +3 | |||
| Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.4 | $0.25 | $2.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 164 | 2.05s | 2.05s | 5.10s | - | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||