Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs Qwen3.5 9B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.6 35B A3B and Qwen3.5 9B 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 Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) at 14 for Qwen3.5 9B.
- For output speed, Qwen3.6 35B A3B is fastest: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 131 t/s, against Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) at 87 t/s for Qwen3.5 9B.
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 | 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 |   +4 | |||
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 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 |   +3 | |||
| Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Alibaba | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.135 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 71 | 1.86s | 30.03s | 37.08s | - | 9.7B | 262k | Mar 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |  | |||
| Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.17 | $0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 0.78s | 0.78s | 6.52s | - | 9.7B | 262k | Mar 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text | | |||