Is Qwen3.6-35B-A3B or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B cheaper?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $2.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B?

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.6-35B-A3B or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.6-35B-A3B	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Provider	Wafer	Wafer
Input / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.43
Output / 1M tokens	$1.00	$2.60
Context window	256K	262K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	May 2026	Feb 2026

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