Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

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First open-weight Qwen3.6 model, a vision MoE with 3B active; 256K context; OpenAI-compatible API

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runapi.ai

# Base URL
https://runapi.ai

# Endpoints
POST /v1/chat/completions
POST /v1/responses
POST /v1/messages
POST /v1beta/models/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:generateContent
POST /v1beta/models/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:streamGenerateContent

curl https://runapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RUNAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Read this screenshot of a failing dashboard, explain what the error message means, and suggest the code change that would fix it."
    }
  ]
}'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://runapi.ai/v1",
    api_key="your-runapi-key"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Read this screenshot of a failing dashboard, explain what the error message means, and suggest the code change that would fix it."}]
)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://runapi.ai/v1",
  apiKey: "your-runapi-key"
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Read this screenshot of a failing dashboard, explain what the error message means, and suggest the code change that would fix it." }]
});

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OVERVIEW

What Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is built for

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the first open-weight model of Alibaba's Qwen3.6 generation, released under Apache 2.0 on April 16, 2026. It is a sparse Mixture-of-Experts native vision-language model with 35B total parameters and 3B active per token.

Compared with Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, Alibaba reports large gains in agentic coding, math and code reasoning, spatial intelligence, and object detection. It has thinking and non-thinking modes, a 262,144-token context window, and up to 65,536 output tokens. Alibaba lists function calling and structured outputs as supported.

On RunAPI, call qwen3.6-35b-a3b through the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions endpoint (/v1/chat/completions) with an OpenAI SDK pointed at https://runapi.ai/v1. Images go in image_url parts inside messages[].content[], and tools use the standard OpenAI tools format.

Model ID

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Released

April 16, 2026

Architecture

MoE, 35B total / 3B active, Apache 2.0 weights

Context window

262,144 tokens

Max output

65,536 tokens

Thinking

Hybrid (thinking and non-thinking modes)

Endpoint on RunAPI

OpenAI Chat Completions, text and image input

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Specifications

Provider	Alibaba
Model ID	qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Modality	Text
Task types	Synchronous
API endpoint	/v1/chat/completions
	/v1/responses

	/v1/messages
	/v1beta/models/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:generateContent
	/v1beta/models/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:streamGenerateContent
Billing unit	1K tokens
Catalog status	Operational

HOW IT WORKS

Use This Model in 3 Steps

Get Your Key

Sign up for free and create an API key for qwen3.6-35b-a3b from the dashboard.
Send a Request

POST to /v1/chat/completions with the qwen3.6-35b-a3b model slug and your parameters.
Get Results

Read the completed qwen3.6-35b-a3b response directly from the endpoint.

What this model offers

Endpoint coverage

Exposes 1 public endpoint(s): chat_completion.

Usage-based billing

Metered by 1K tokens with no subscription requirement.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B Pricing

Endpoint

Price

chat_completion

Input: $0.38 / 1M tokens Output: $2.25 / 1M tokens

API REFERENCE

Endpoint Specification

Endpoint: POST /v1/chat/completions
Model ID: qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Task Types: chat_completion

Request parameters

No request parameters are published for this endpoint.

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API Calls / Day

100.0%

Success Rate

3.6s

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

What changed from Qwen3.5-35B-A3B to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The size stays at 35B total and 3B active parameters. Alibaba reports large gains in agentic coding, math and code reasoning, spatial intelligence, and object detection for the 3.6 model.

Is Qwen3.6-35B-A3B a good fit for coding agents?

Agentic coding is one of the areas where Alibaba reports the largest improvement over Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. On RunAPI, send tools in the OpenAI format on Chat Completions and read tool_calls from the response.

Does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B think before answering?

It has both modes. Qwen's open weights default to thinking, and Alibaba's API offers thinking and non-thinking modes for this model.

Can Qwen3.6-35B-A3B read images?

Yes. It is a native vision-language model. Send image_url parts with the text in a Chat Completions request. Alibaba also lists video input; video requests are not verified on RunAPI.

How do I select qwen3.6-35b-a3b?

Pass the model ID shown in the quickstart.

What's the rate limit on this variant?

Per-key rate limits scale with your usage tier. The pricing page shows current limits. If you need higher throughput, contact support to discuss tier upgrades.

Can I switch variants later?

Yes. Variant is a parameter in the request. Switch by changing the model ID — no code changes, no re-authentication, no separate billing setup. All variants share the same API key and request shape.

Does it stream?

Where streaming is available, RunAPI streams end-to-end. LLM models support token-level streaming. Media models use async task polling or webhook callbacks for result delivery.

Where do I report quality issues?

Open an issue on the public GitHub repo or email support at [email protected]. Include the task ID and model ID so the team can investigate the specific generation.

Do I need a separate provider account?

No. Your RunAPI API key is enough to access this variant and every other model in the catalog. You do not need accounts with the underlying provider.

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