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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)Qwen3.6-35B-A3BVSAnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6

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

Our Take

Standardized reasoning and coding benchmarks are currently pending verification for one or both of these models. We recommend testing Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Claude Sonnet 4.6 directly in their respective provider playgrounds to see which fits your specific prompt styles best.
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Model Specs

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Open Source

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
49.5%

complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+6.1%)
86%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Context

Cost (per 1M tokens)
Self HostLocal execution (zero API fees)
Context Window
262.14k tokens
Model Specs

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A

complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
79.9%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Context

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$6.00Input: $3.00 | Output: $15.00
Context WindowLarger
1.05M tokens

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