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Qwen3.6 27BvsQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 27B leads 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Both offer a 262K-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
5 – 0
Qwen3.6 27B leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Qwen
Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen · released 2026-04-21
textvision
- Context
- 262K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 6 · 5 core
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen
textvision
- Context
- 262K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 6 · 5 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 0 only Qwen3.6 27B · 0 only Qwen3.6 35B-A3B| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% ↗ | 73.4% ↗ | +3.8 pt | Qwen3.6 27B |
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% ↗ | 86% ↗ | +1.8 pt | Qwen3.6 27B |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% ↗ | 85.2% ↗ | +1 pt | Qwen3.6 27B |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 35.1% ↗epoch | 17.5% ↗epoch | +17.6 pt | Qwen3.6 27B |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 91.1% ↗epoch | 86.7% ↗epoch | +4.4 pt | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Only Qwen3.6 27B reports · 0 | ||||
| Qwen3.6 27B reports nothing Qwen3.6 35B-A3B does not. | ||||
| Only Qwen3.6 35B-A3B reports · 0 | ||||
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B reports nothing Qwen3.6 27B does not. | ||||
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Qwen3.6 27B minus Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Qwen3.6 27B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 262K tokens | 262K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-21 | — | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 6 | 6 | — |
Reliability
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