Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing and routing profile
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B from Qwen (Alibaba) lists at $0.163 per million input tokens and $1.30 per million output tokens, with a 262,144-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputReasoning controlLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.111 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $0.845 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $1.95 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. At least one host return token log probabilities for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Qwen3.5-35B-A3B that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.15 / $1.20 | 8% |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | $0.15 / $1.00 | 17% |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | $0.10 / $1.10 | 24% |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | $0.12 / $0.80 | 34% |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | $0.15 / $0.60 | 36% |
| gpt-oss-120b | $0.15 / $0.60 | 36% |
Questions
How much does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cost?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B lists at $0.163 per million input tokens and $1.30 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.845 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
262,144 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Qwen3.5-35B-A3B on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.