Is Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cheaper?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $2.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B	Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Provider	Wafer	Wafer
Input / 1M tokens	$0.43	$0.15
Output / 1M tokens	$2.60	$1.00
Context window	262K	256K
Parameters	397B	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	May 2026

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