Qwen3.6 35B A3B — AI Model Review & Pricing
Alibaba's open-weight coding model with 35B total and 3B active parameters via mixture-of-experts. Delivers near-frontier coding performance at budget pricing with Apache 2.0 license.
Specifications
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Lab | Alibaba Cloud |
| Tags | Coding |
| Release Date | 2026-04 |
| Context Window | 262,144 tokens |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.15 |
| Output Price / 1M | $1.00 |
| Input Modalities | Text |
| Output Modalities | Text |
Strengths
- State-of-the-art open-weight coding performance
- Exceptional cost efficiency ($0.15/M input)
- Strong agentic coding with tool use
- Apache 2.0 license for commercial use
- Runs on consumer hardware (3B active params)
Weaknesses
- Below frontier on general reasoning
- Limited outside coding and technical domains
- MoE requires more RAM than active params suggest
Best For
- Agentic coding workflows
- Cost-sensitive coding deployments
- Self-hosted code assistants
- Open-source AI development
In Depth: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Summary
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is an AI model from Alibaba Cloud ranked #43 of 124 on the LMRank leaderboard.
Released 2026-04. It currently appears in the Overall category on LMRank. It supports Text input and produces Text output, with a context window of 262,144 tokens. Input pricing is $0.15 per 1M tokens and output is $1.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.