MODEL COMPARE

Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs Qwen3.8 Max: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare Qwen3.6 35B A3B and Qwen3.8 Max across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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Model AModel B

DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

Qwen3.8 Max

Evidence

context_window_larger

Qwen3.6 35B A3B=262144; Qwen3.8 Max=1000000

Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Evidence

same_provider_monthly_cost_lower

Qwen3.6 35B A3B=0.34; Qwen3.8 Max=3.2; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Insufficient data

Evidence

open_weights_support

Qwen3.6 35B A3B=supported; Qwen3.8 Max=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Show differences only

Attribute	Qwen3.6 35B A3B	Qwen3.8 Max	Winner
Context window`context_window_larger`Provider endpoint	262K	1M	Qwen3.8 Max
Maximum output`max_output_larger`Provider endpoint	262K	131K	Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input modalities`input_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text, Image, Video	Text, Image, Video	Insufficient data
Output modalities`output_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Tool calling`tool_calling_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Structured output`structured_output_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Reasoning`reasoning_support`Model	Supported	Supported	Insufficient data
Open weights`open_weights_support`Model	Supported	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input price per 1M tokens`input_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.14	$2	Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Output price per 1M tokens`output_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$1	$6	Qwen3.6 35B A3B

USAGE ESTIMATOR

Estimate token charges for the selected provider endpoints. Image, audio, request and web-search charges are not included.

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Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokensCached input tokens

Qwen3.6 35B A3B$0.34Estimated monthly cost

Qwen3.8 Max$3.2Estimated monthly cost