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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

VS
Anthropic

Claude Fable 5

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Claude Fable 5 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 30.8% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is 35.6x cheaper to run and delivers 2.1x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Claude Fable 5 fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
49.5%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
86%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)35.6x cheaper
$0.56Input: $0.25 | Output: $1.50
Speed2.1x faster
128 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Claude Fable 5

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+30.8%)
80.3%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+8.1%)
94.1%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$20.00Input: $10.00 | Output: $50.00
Speed
60.3 tps
Context Window
1M tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper than Claude Fable 5. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has a blended cost of $0.56/1M tokens, which is about 35.6x cheaper than Claude Fable 5 at $20.00/1M tokens.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is faster than Claude Fable 5. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B generates 128 tokens per second (tps) compared to Claude Fable 5 which generates 60.3 tokens per second.

Claude Fable 5 is better for coding tasks. It scores 80.3% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B which scores 49.5%.

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