Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Dirk-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
peculiar-ragdoll · B · Open weights
Params
27.0 B
Context
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30d
1.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Dirk-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | Open weights |
| Parameters | 36.0 B | 27.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration | — |
| Context length | 262,144 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 2 |
| Downloads 30d | 3,733,341 | 1,296,476 |
| Downloads all time | 32.3 M | 2.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | GGUF |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-15 | 2026-08-14 |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.10 | not on OpenRouter |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $0.95 | not on OpenRouter |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $1.05 | not on OpenRouter |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.05 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Intelligence Index | 18.2 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Coding Index | 41.9 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Agentic Index | 13.1 | not on OpenRouter |
| Max output tokens | 235,929 | not on OpenRouter |
| API providers | 10 | not on OpenRouter |
| Tool calling | Yes | not on OpenRouter |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | not on OpenRouter |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
$1.05
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)
6.2 M862 K
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Dirk-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Dirk-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF · Q4_K_M
22.7 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B · fp16
85.0 GB / 24 GB