Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 35B-A3B or Seed 1.6?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B, at $0.63 per million tokens against $2.75 for Seed 1.6, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: $0.63 at OrcaRouter. Seed 1.6: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $2.75 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 4 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B vs Seed 1.6.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B takes 1 of 5 rounds against Seed 1.6. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.63 per million tokens against $2.75.

Alibaba Cloudwins 1 rounds

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

$0.63/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at OrcaRouter · $0.0617 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

ByteDance

Seed 1.6

$2.75/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.27 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$0.25/M

List price out (lower wins)

$2/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.63/M at OrcaRouter

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$2.75/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0617

$0.27

Context

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

not stated

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

23 Feb 2026

23 Dec 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 4

Nous Portal$0.99 / $2.75
Eden AI$1.42 / $2.75
Kilo Gateway$1.79 / $2.75
OpenRouter$1.79 / $2.75

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B then Seed 1.6, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3.5 35B-A3BNous Portal$0.06 / $0.60 $0.08 / $0.7525% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.5 35B-A3BOpenRouter$0.31 / $1.25 $0.16 / $1.3018% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Seed 1.6Nous Portal$0.20 / $1.60 $0.25 / $225% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 35B-A3B or Seed 1.6?: Qwen3.5 35B-A3B, at $0.63 per million tokens against $2.75 for Seed 1.6, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: $0.63 at OrcaRouter. Seed 1.6: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $2.75 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 4 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.