qwen3.6-35b-a3b

AlibabaAdded Jul 11, 2026
Model idqwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

The first open-weight Qwen3.6: 35B parameters with only 3B active per token, so it runs fast and cheap, with image input and a 256K context. Aimed at agentic coding, from front-end workflows to repository-level reasoning.

Cost /1M tokens
$0.25input
$0.20cached
$1.49output
Context
256Ktokens
Live speed
160 tok/s · 0.51s to first token
Speed

Throughput users got on qwen3.6-35b-a3b with Keln API in the last 24 hours.

100200300400 tok/s24h ago18h ago12h ago6h agonow
Latency

Time to first token users got on qwen3.6-35b-a3b with Keln API in the last 24 hours.

1.0 s2.0 s3.0 s4.0 s24h ago18h ago12h ago6h agonow

Capabilities

Input
Text and images
Tool calling
Yes
JSON output
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Web search
With opt-in
Data retention
Zero

Use the API

Create an API key, save it to KELN_API_KEY, then call the endpoint below.

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.keln.ai/v1/",
    api_key=os.environ.get("KELN_API_KEY"),
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Use with your tools

Set up guides on docs.keln.ai ↗

Ready to build on Keln?

Run qwen3.6-35b-a3b in the playground, or create a key and call it from your code.