Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B and Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B, both from Qwen, context windows of 262K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 3.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
Output
$3.60
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
3.7× cheaper
Output
$0.97
3.7× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 3.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
47%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 7.0x more emoji
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
54%Vocabulary59%
14wSentence Length15w
0.39Hedging0.31
6.9Bold4.9
4.2Lists2.7
0.23Emoji1.60
0.93Headings0.75
0.17Transitions0.05
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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