Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the MoE sibling of the Qwen3.6 27B dense release (April 2026), 35B total with ~3B active, under Apache-2.0 with a 256K context.
Overview
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the MoE sibling of the Qwen3.6 27B dense release (April 2026), 35B total with ~3B active, under Apache-2.0 with a 256K context.
Strengths
- Apache-2.0 license with commercial use allowed
- MoE efficiency: ~3B active of 35B total decodes fast for its size class
- Part of the Qwen3.6 generation cited as best-in-class for consumer hardware
Weaknesses
- 24GB Q4_K_M footprint needs a 32GB-class card once KV cache is counted
- Less independent benchmark coverage than the dense 27B sibling at time of this campaign
Reviewed quality benchmarks
First-party rows were run by RunLocalAI; reviewed community rows are labeled in the data. Every row links to the raw test-run log.
| Benchmark | Quant | Runtime / Hardware | Score | Raw log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HumanEval+ tested 2026-07-21 | Q4_K_M | ollama-0.32.1-vast5090 rtx-5090 | 81.1/100 | Gist → |
Q4_K_M note:First-party HumanEval+ on a rented Vast.ai RTX 5090 32GB instance via Ollama 0.32.1. Generation via evalplus_openai_generate.py, scoring via evalplus.evaluate (native Linux, no Windows shim needed). No DB credentials were placed on the rented host — results were pulled back and ingested from the operator's machine.
Want to verify? Every row links to its Gist with full stdout and stderr of the run. The runner script is in the public repo (scripts/run-humaneval-plus.ts) — reproducible end-to-end. Browse all coding scores at /benchmarks/coding.
Quantization variants
Each quantization trades model quality for file size and VRAM. Q4_K_M is the most popular starting point.
| Quantization | File size | VRAM required |
|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 24.0 GB | 28 GB |
Get the model
Ollama
One-line install
ollama run qwen3.6:35b-a3bRead our Ollama review →Hardware that runs this
Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
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Frequently asked
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Source: Vendor official documentation
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