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Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | qwen | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 43.2 | 28.9 |
| Input Price | $0.33/M | $0.31/M |
| Output Price | $1.95/M | $1.25/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 65,536 | 16,384 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 44.6 | 31.9 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 139 | 134 |
| Code Review | 140 | 132 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 129 |
| Code Refactoring | 143 | 132 |
| Bug Fixing | 144 | 136 |
| Unit Test Generation | 129 | 125 |
| Code Documentation | 135 | 129 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 122 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 125 | 121 |
| Frontend Component Design | 127 | 125 |
| Data Analysis | 130 | 128 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 135 | 129 |
| ETL Scripting | 134 | 127 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 129 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 133 | 129 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 133 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 144 | 134 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 125 | 125 |
| Blog Post Writing | 127 | 122 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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