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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

VS
OpenAI

GPT-5.5

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

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, GPT-5.5 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 9.1% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is 20.0x cheaper to run and delivers 1.8x 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 GPT-5.5 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)20.0x cheaper
$0.56Input: $0.25 | Output: $1.50
Speed1.8x faster
128 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

GPT-5.5

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+9.1%)
58.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+7.6%)
93.6%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$11.25Input: $5.00 | Output: $30.00
Speed
72.7 tps
Context WindowLarger
1.05M tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper than GPT-5.5. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has a blended cost of $0.56/1M tokens, which is about 20.0x cheaper than GPT-5.5 at $11.25/1M tokens.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is faster than GPT-5.5. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B generates 128 tokens per second (tps) compared to GPT-5.5 which generates 72.7 tokens per second.

GPT-5.5 is better for coding tasks. It scores 58.6% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B which scores 49.5%.

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