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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Qwen's open-weight model for affordable image and text tasks with a shorter context, served on Boundless.

About the model

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B at a glance

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is a compact mixture-of-experts model tuned for low latency with multi-token prediction. It accepts text and images and is one of the lower-cost options for visual analysis.

From our model docs
Developer
Qwen
Context window
262K tokens
Input
Text, image
Capabilities
Reasoning, tool use, vision

Tailored inference

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Our engineers benchmark it against your current model, tune how it's served for your traffic, and run it to your cost, latency and quality targets.

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Run it

Switch with a base URL and a key

  1. 01

    Get an API key

    Sign up in the console and create a key. No sales call.

    Get a key
  2. 02

    Point your SDK at Boundless

    Change the base URL and key. For Anthropic SDKs, drop the /v1 and set max_tokens.

curl https://api.inference.boundless.network/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOUNDLESS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3.6",
    "messages": [{
      "content": "Say hello",
      "role": "user"
    }]
  }'
From the quickstart docs

FAQ

Questions before you commit

How much does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cost on Boundless?

$0.04 per 1M input tokens, $0.02 per 1M cached input tokens and $0.35 per 1M output tokens, billed from prepaid credits. Every response includes exact token counts, so any charge can be checked against these prices.

What is Qwen3.6-35B-A3B's context window on Boundless?

262K tokens, shared by the prompt and the reply. max_tokens can go up to that limit.

Does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B support tool calling?

Yes. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B supports tool use and reasoning.

Can I control how much Qwen3.6-35B-A3B reasons?

Yes. On chat completions, set reasoning_effort to none, low, medium or high, or leave it unset for the model's default. Size max_tokens for both the thinking and the reply.

Can Qwen3.6-35B-A3B read images?

Yes. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B accepts text, image as input.

What are the rate limits?

Each team has caps on tokens per minute, requests per minute and concurrent requests, shown on the usage page. Cached input doesn't count against them, and support can raise them for your team.

Does Boundless store my prompts or outputs?

No. Boundless never stores prompts or outputs and never trains on them. It keeps only what billing needs: token counts, model, timestamp and cost.

Can Boundless help me decide if Qwen3.6-35B-A3B fits my workload?

Yes. We test it against your current model on your own prompts, then tune and run it to your targets.

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