Is Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 cheaper?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($1.60 vs $2.18 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.6 35B-A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Provider	SiliconFlow	SiliconFlow
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$0.50
Output / 1M tokens	$1.60	$2.18
Context window	262K	164K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Apr 2026	May 2025

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 details →

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