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Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

by Alibaba Qwen · Released Feb 2026

Open SourceMultimodal
53.5
avg score
Rank #124
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Better than 60% of all models
Context
262K tokens (~131 books)
Input $/1M
$0.15
Output $/1M
$1.00
Type
multimodal
License
Open Source
Benchmarks
10 tested
Data as of
About

The Qwen3.5 Series 35B-A3B is a native vision-language model designed with a hybrid architecture that integrates linear attention mechanisms and a sparse mixture-of-experts model, achieving higher inference efficiency. Its overall...

Tested on 10 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 53.5. Top scores: Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall (1393.8%), Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding (1253.4%), GPQA diamond (78.0%).

Looking for similar performance at lower cost?
Gemma 4 31B scores 53.3 (100% as good) at $0.09/1M input · 40% cheaper
Capabilities
math
70.0
#45 globally
knowledge
41.6
#192 globally
speed
32.6
#79 globally
general
50.7
#30 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 10 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
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mathCompare math →
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

Mock AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Exam) problems from OTIS. Tests mathematical competition performance.

70.0·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
GPQA diamond

Graduate-level science questions written by PhD experts. Diamond subset contains questions where experts disagree, testing deep understanding.

78.0·
Chess Puzzles

Tactical chess puzzles testing pattern recognition and multi-move calculation. Measures strategic reasoning ability.

5.3·
arenaCompare arena →
Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall

Chatbot Arena overall Elo rating. Crowdsourced human preference ranking from blind head-to-head comparisons across all topics.

1394·
Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding

Chatbot Arena coding Elo. Human preference ranking specifically for coding tasks and technical questions.

1253·
Quick compare:z-ai logovs GLM 4.6meituan logovs LongCat Flash ChatGoogle DeepMind logovs Gemma 4 31B
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
Model Family · Alibaba Qwen Qwen 3.5
Feb 2026
69.7
$0.55/M in262Kctx29 benchmarks
Feb 2026
$0.26/M in(-0.29)1.0Mctx(+738K)
Apr 2026
$0.30/M in(+0.04)1.0Mctx
Feb 2026
$0.26/M in(-0.04)262Kctx(-738K)15 benchmarks
Feb 2026
$0.20/M in(-0.07)262Kctx5 benchmarks
Feb 2026
53.5-16.2
$0.15/M in(-0.05)262Kctx10 benchmarks
Mar 2026
40.0-13.5
$0.10/M in(-0.05)262Kctx19 benchmarks
Mar 2026
$0.17/M in(+0.07)262Kctx
Feb 2026
36.5-3.5
$0.07/M in(-0.11)1.0Mctx(+738K)12 benchmarks
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Recently Happened
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing dropped 23%
Oct 2, 2026
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing dropped 48%
Sep 28, 2026
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing increased 92%
Sep 20, 2026
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing dropped 48%
Sep 15, 2026
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing increased 291%
Sep 6, 2026
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing dropped 31%
Aug 28, 2026
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Specifications
  • Typemultimodal
  • Context262K tokens (~131 books)
  • ReleasedFeb 2026
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
  • Cost / Message~$0.001
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Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is an open-source multimodal AI model by Alibaba Qwen, released in February 2026. It has an average benchmark score of 53.5. Context window: 262K tokens.

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Key facts · as of 2026-10-05

  • Qwen3.5-35B-A3B by Alibaba Qwen. BenchGecko score 53.5, rank 124 of 312 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price $0.15 input · $1.00 output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-10-05).
  • Sold by 7 providers (as of 2026-10-05): Darkbloom (fp4) $0.0800 in / $0.75 out · DeepInfra (fp8) $0.14 in / $1.00 out · Parasail (fp8) $0.15 in / $1.00 out · Alibaba $0.16 in / $1.30 out · AtlasCloud (fp8) $0.23 in / $1.80 out · and 2 more. Every provider

How to cite · data as of 2026-10-05

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-10-05. https://benchgecko.ai/model/qwen3-5-35b-a3b

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP