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Qwen3.5-9B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Live dataset updated 10/1/2026, 9:09:05 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of Qwen3.5-9B and Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Field	Qwen3.5-9B Qwen	Qwen3.6 35B A3B Qwen
ModelCap position	#95	#72
Index score	54.9	60.7
Evidence	Measured1 public benchmark observation across 1 board	Measured1 public benchmark observation across 1 board
Input / 1M	$0.10	$0.15
Output / 1M	$0.15	$1.00
Pricing status	fresh	fresh
Context	262K	262K
Providers	6	9
Weight access	Open weights	Open weights

Decision facts

Qwen3.5-9B is #95; Qwen3.6 35B A3B is #72 on the same current language board.
Index scores are 54.9 for Qwen3.5-9B and 60.7 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
Both positions use Measured evidence.
Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.15 for Qwen3.5-9B and $1.00 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.27 for Qwen3.5-9B versus $0.80 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B. Qwen3.5-9B costs 65.6% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
Published context is 262,144 tokens for Qwen3.5-9B and 262,144 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
ModelCap currently lists 6 providers for Qwen3.5-9B and 9 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.

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