Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Compare Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B, both from Qwen, context windows of 262K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B?
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B are both competitive models. Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking costs $1.2/M input tokens vs $0.25/M for Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B. Context windows: 262K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is made by qwen while Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is from qwen. Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking has a 262K token context window compared to Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B's 262K. On pricing, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking costs $1.2/M input tokens vs $0.25/M for Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 4.8× input, 3.0× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking has the edge — bigger model tier.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is 3.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 137.1x more emoji
