The closest alternative to Qwen3.6 35B A3B is Trinity Large Thinking — comparable intelligence (31.9 vs 31.5); for a cheaper option, MiMo-V2.5 runs $0.140/M vs $0.150/M; for more speed, gpt-oss-120b (free) hits 554 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Trinity Large Thinking is the closest alternative to Qwen3.6 35B A3B, with an Intelligence Index of 31.9 (Qwen3.6 35B A3B scores 31.5) at $0.220 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.140 per million input tokens versus $0.150 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Qwen3.6 35B A3B — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.