Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)Qwen3.6-35B-A3BVSOpenAIGPT-5.5
Our Take
We recommend GPT-5.5 if you need peak intelligence and a much larger context window for full-repo analysis, or the free Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want zero API costs and total offline privacy. While GPT-5.5 offers superior reasoning capability, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B runs entirely on your own local hardware. Choose GPT-5.5 for repository-scale analysis, or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B for zero-cost offline privacy and complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning.
▶WHY?
Benchmark Calculations & Evidence:
Reasoning Accuracy: Both models were evaluated on the GPQA Diamond benchmark. GPT-5.5 scored 93.6%, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 86% (+7.6% gap).
Coding Performance: Both models were evaluated on the SWE-bench Pro benchmark. GPT-5.5 scored 58.6%, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 49.5% (+9.1% gap).
Context Window: GPT-5.5 supports a 1M context window, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B supports 262k.
Hosting Model: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B runs locally for $0 API costs, while GPT-5.5 is a cloud API.
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Benchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-pro)
49.5%complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
86%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Context
Cost (per 1M tokens)
Self HostLocal execution (zero API fees)Context Window
262.14k tokensBenchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+9.1%)
58.6%complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+7.6%)
93.6%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Context
Cost (per 1M tokens)
$11.25Input: $5.00 | Output: $30.00Context WindowLarger
1.05M tokensFrequently Asked Questions about Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 is better for coding tasks on this benchmark. It scores 58.6% on swe-bench-pro (complex codebases, multi-file repositories, and architectural planning) compared to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B which scores 49.5%.
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