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Updated Apr 27, 2026
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Openings

How Qwen3.6 35B A3B starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 24 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Movie Analysis

Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a…

1,634 words
Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017), shot by Roger Deakins, stands as a rare sequel that not only matches the atmospheric and philosophical density of Ridley Scott's original (1982) but actively evolves its inquiry.
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

1,632 words
Disclaimer: I am an AI assistant, not an attorney. The following analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contract law varies significantly by jurisdiction (e.g., California vs. New York vs. EU).
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

1,540 words
Setting: A soundproofed observation room. DR. ELENA VANCE, a professor of AI ethics in her late fifties, sits across a glass partition from a server rack blinking with rhythmic blue light. A secure terminal sits between them. The text cursor on the screen blinks steadily. Dr.
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

1,445 words
EXECUTIVE CRISIS PLAN: 48-HOUR ACTION WINDOW Core Mandate: Patient safety and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. The legal team’s “6-month reporting” guidance is legally indefensible under FDA 21 CFR 312.32/314.80 and EMA GVP Module VI.
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Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

1,342 words
DISH NAME: "Ephemeral Twilight: The Forest Meets the Tide" CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVE This dish is a meditation on the liminal space where the ocean meets the ancient forest at dusk.
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Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Qwen3.6 35B A3B

An open-weight multimodal model from Alibaba Cloud, 35B total with 3B active per token. Hybrid sparse mixture-of-experts mixing Gated DeltaNet linear attention with standard gated attention. 262K native context, extensible to 1M with YaRN. Text, image and video. Thinking mode built in. Apache 2.0.

Ranks#6Business Strategy
WebsiteOpenRouterHuggingFaceGitHubBlog
Provider
Qwen
Released
2026-04-27
Size
MEDIUM
Free API (OpenRouter)
No
Per 1M tokens
$0.16 in · $0.97 out
Rival’s tab
$0.55
58/58 receipts survived

Free API availability

No free endpoint for Qwen3.6 35B A3B was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 16 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

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Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 58 scored outputs
How this is measured →
270.27xFloor
0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft41
Originality20
Plays it safe
share of outputs that are the default answer
55%
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 27 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity59%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length15.0 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.31

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting4.9

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage2.7

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.75

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage1.60

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.05

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Consistency
61%
Across 27 responses

Favorites

Blade Runner

Movie

Blade Runner

19827.9
Dark Side Of The Moon

Album

Dark Side Of The Moon

suisside
Dune

Book

Dune

Frank Herbert
Kyoto

City

Kyoto

Japan
Minecraft

Game

Minecraft

Action, Arcade4.4
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