LongCat 2.0 vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: LongCat 2.0 by LongCat or Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick LongCat 2.0
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs LongCat 2.0: 4.7% less intelligence, 64.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 25.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | LongCat 2.0 | Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 19.1 | 18.2 | −4.7% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 4.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $544.74 | $896.39 | +64.6% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 64.6% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 37.44s | 47.02s | +25.6% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 25.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.75 / $2.95 | $0.38 / $2.25 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- LongCat 2.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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