Is Qwen: Qwen3 8B or Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B cheaper?

Qwen: Qwen3 8B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.40 vs $1.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen: Qwen3 8B or Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B?

Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen: Qwen3 8B vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Qwen: Qwen3 8B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen: Qwen3 8B or Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen: Qwen3 8B	Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Provider	Qwen	Qwen
Input / 1M tokens	$0.05	$0.14
Output / 1M tokens	$0.40	$1.00
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	—	—
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