GPT-5 nano (Medium) vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)

GPT-5 nano (Medium) vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

OpenAIGPT-5 nano (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.50
Total cost
-
AlibabaQwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
18.20
Total cost
$896
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGPT-5 nano (Medium)Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.518.2+45.6% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 45.6% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$896.39— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)42.23s46.69s+10.6% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 10.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.40$0.38 / $2.25
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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