Side-by-side comparison of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) · China) and QwQ-32B (Alibaba · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is rated conditional; QwQ-32B is conditional. They part ways on commercial use: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is "Unrestricted", QwQ-32B is "Yes".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | 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. | Conditional 32B dense reasoning model under Apache 2.0. Sweet spot for self-hostable reasoning: 4090-class GPU at 4-bit, single H100 at bf16. Chinese-origin caveats unchanged. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-17 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Yes |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | China (Hangzhou) | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 44/100 | 20/100 |
| Speed | 238 tok/s | 33 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.84/M | $0.74/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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