Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs gpt-oss-20b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.6 35B A3B and gpt-oss-20b 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-20b (low) at 10 for gpt-oss-20b.
- For output speed, gpt-oss-20b is fastest: gpt-oss-20b (low) at 266 t/s, against Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 137 t/s for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
- For cost per task, gpt-oss-20b is cheapest: gpt-oss-20b (high) at $0.01, against Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.48 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
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 35B A3B (Reasoning) |  Alibaba | 19 | 19 | 14 | 22 | - | 22 | 30 | $0.48 | $0.6 | $0.375 | $2.25 | - | $896 | 35k | 13k | 161M | 129 | 2.07s | 44.05s | 47.94s | 256.66s | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |   +4 | |||
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.6 | $0.375 | $2.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 137 | 2.05s | 2.05s | 5.69s | - | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |   +3 | |||
| gpt-oss-20b (low) |  OpenAI | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.07 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 266 | 0.85s | 8.38s | 10.26s | - | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2025 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +5 | |||
| gpt-oss-20b (high) | OpenAI | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | $0.01 | $0.1 | $0.06 | $0.19 | - | $29 | 18k | 16k | 70M | 222 | 0.76s | 9.79s | 12.04s | 76.54s | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2024 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |   +6 | |||