Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AlibabaQwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
21.40
Total cost
$1145
AlibabaQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.90
Total cost
-
Verdict

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

MetricQwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)21.49.9−53.7% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 53.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,145.36Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)110.84s11.56s−89.6% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 89.6% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.60 / $3.60$0.21 / $1.39
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText, Image
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