Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B is an open-weights language model from Qwen, released April 14, 2026. It has 36B parameters (mixture-of-experts, 3B active). The context window is 256K tokens. On the Epoch Capabilities Index it scores 144.0, rank 101 of 256 rated models. API price: $0.38 input / $2.25 output per million tokens.
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The smallest common GPU it runs on is 6 GB of VRAM (with 32 GB of RAM): Q6_K, GPU + experts in RAM, roughly 24 tokens per second. Estimates assume 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, a 16K context and llama.cpp-style GGUF quantization. Enter your exact hardware in the live app.
| GPU memory | Verdict | Best quant | VRAM | RAM | tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 5.2 GB | 25.2 GB | ~24 |
| 8 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 7.2 GB | 23.2 GB | ~28 |
| 12 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 11.2 GB | 19.2 GB | ~34 |
| 16 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 15.2 GB | 15.2 GB | ~42 |
| 24 GB VRAM | Runs on GPU | Q4_K_M (very good) | 22.9 GB | – | ~230 |
| 32 GB VRAM | Runs on GPU | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 30.4 GB | – | ~300 |
Ready-made quantizations on Hugging Face: huihui-ai/Huihui-Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-abliterated-MTP-GGUF · unsloth/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-MTP-GGUF · unsloth/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-GGUF · HauhauCS/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Uncensored-HauhauCS-Aggressive · QuantTrio/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-AWQ · nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
Strengths by category
ModelTape's 0–100 fit on Epoch AI benchmark results.
| Category | Score | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Math | 34.1 | OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025, FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private |
Benchmark results
| Benchmark (Epoch AI) | Score |
|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 86.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | 83.1% |
| Terminal-Bench | 24.6% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1–3) | 21.4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 14.1% |
Links
Hugging Face: Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B · Epoch AI benchmarks · Strata
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