Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs gpt-oss-120b: Release Comparison

Comparison of the Qwen3.6 35B A3B and gpt-oss-120b 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 35B A3B scores highest: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at 19, against gpt-oss-120b (high) at 12 for gpt-oss-120b.
  • For output speed, gpt-oss-120b is fastest: gpt-oss-120b (high) at 178 t/s, against Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 131 t/s for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
  • For cost per task, gpt-oss-120b is cheapest: gpt-oss-120b (high) at $0.11, against Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.48 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.

Releases compared

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase, GDPval-AA v2, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indices

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

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

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

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

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

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
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
19
19
14
22
-
22
30
$0.48
$0.6
$0.375
$2.25
-
$896
35k
13k
161M
127
2.07s
44.48s
48.41s
261.90s
36B
3B active at inference time
262k
Apr 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

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Apache 2.0
Alibaba CloudSiliconFlowScaleway
+4
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Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.6
$0.375
$2.25
-
-
-
-
-
131
2.06s
2.06s
5.88s
-
36B
3B active at inference time
262k
Apr 2026
-
No

Supports: text, image, and video

Supports: text

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Apache 2.0
ScalewayDeepInfraNovita
+3
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gpt-oss-120b (high)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
12
13
9
12
12
16
19
$0.11
$0.2
$0.15
$0.595
$0.125
$122
27k
15k
84M
178
0.85s
12.12s
14.93s
146.12s
117B
5.1B active at inference time
131k
Aug 2025
May 2024
Yes

Supports: text

Supports: text

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Apache 2.0
GroqCloudflareScaleway
+14
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gpt-oss-120b (low)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.2
$0.15
$0.545
$0.15
-
-
-
-
178
0.86s
12.12s
14.94s
-
117B
5.1B active at inference time
131k
Aug 2025
May 2025
Yes

Supports: text

Supports: text

🤗
Apache 2.0
SnowflakeHyperbolicNebius
+14
View