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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

VS
OpenAI

GPT-5 mini

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

Decision Recommendation

👑 Editorial Verdict: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B strictly dominates GPT-5 mini across all major dimensions. It is not only more cost-effective (blended cost of $0.56 vs $0.69 per 1M tokens) but also delivers superior coding accuracy (49.5% vs 45.7% on SWE-bench) and faster generation speeds (128 tps vs 86 tps). Unless you have platform lock-in, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the clear and optimal choice for all development workloads.

Model Specs

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+3.8%)
49.5%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+4.4%)
86%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)1.2x cheaper
$0.56Input: $0.25 | Output: $1.50
Speed1.5x faster
128 tps
Context WindowLarger
1M tokens
Model Specs

GPT-5 mini

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
45.7%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
81.6%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.69Input: $0.25 | Output: $2.00
Speed
86 tps
Context Window
400k tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper than GPT-5 mini. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has a blended cost of $0.56/1M tokens, which is about 1.2x cheaper than GPT-5 mini at $0.69/1M tokens.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is faster than GPT-5 mini. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B generates 128 tokens per second (tps) compared to GPT-5 mini which generates 86 tokens per second.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is better for coding tasks. It scores 49.5% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to GPT-5 mini which scores 45.7%.

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