Side-by-side comparison of Llama 3.3 70B (Meta · USA) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Llama 3.3 70B is rated conditional; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is conditional. They part ways on licence: Llama 3.3 70B is "Llama community", Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is "Apache 2.0".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional Strong 70B model, near-flagship quality at smaller size. Same Llama community licence as Llama 4: 700M MAU cap, acceptable-use policy, 'Built with Llama' attribution required. | Conditional Based on published licence terms, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B ships under Apache 2.0 with no use restrictions, making self-hosted commercial deployment viable. However, opaque training-data disclosure and Chinese origin create EU AI Act Art. 53 transparency and data-transfer risks that deployers should document before placing personal data into prompts. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-17 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Llama community | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | With caps | Unrestricted |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | China (Hangzhou) |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 15/100 | 44/100 |
| Speed | 97 tok/s | 238 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.68/M | $0.84/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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