Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Feb 23, 2026Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks.
- Capability
- 142.5ECI · #88 of 148
- Input
- $0.25per 1M tokens
- Output
- $2.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 262K66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.25per million tokens
- Output
- $2.00per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.688cheaper than 54% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.50 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $16.25 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $162.50 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#88 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (140.2–144.8); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Feb 23, 2026
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Audio, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Thinking budget
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
qwen3.5-35b-a3bon Alibaba- Availability
- 18 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
How much does Qwen3.5 35B-A3B cost?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B costs $0.25 input / $2.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.688 per million tokens, cheaper than 54% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3.5 35B-A3B a Capabilities Index score of 142.5 (likely range 140.2–144.8), ranking it #88 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 83.5%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 70.0%.
Is Qwen3.5 35B-A3B open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen3.5 35B-A3B support?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B accepts text, images, audio and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.
When was Qwen3.5 35B-A3B released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3.5 35B-A3B on Feb 23, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are GLM-4.7 (Z.ai (Zhipu), ECI 143.5, $0.60 / $2.20), MiniMax-M2.7 (MiniMax, ECI 145.9, $0.30 / $1.20), GPT-5.4 nano (OpenAI, ECI 145.8, $0.20 / $1.25) and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Google, ECI 145.1, $0.30 / $2.50).