# Qwen3.5-27B vs Qwen3.6-27B: Specs, License and GPU Cost Compared
Source: https://savrn.com/models/compare/qwen3-5-27b-vs-qwen3-6-27b
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| Field | [Qwen3.5-27B](https://savrn.com/models/qwen3-5-27b) Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B | [Qwen3.6-27B](https://savrn.com/models/qwen3-6-27b) Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publisher | Qwen | Qwen |
| Task | Image and text to text | Image and text to text |
| Modality | Image and text | Image and text |
| Parameters, as reported | 27.8B parameters | 27.8B parameters |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Library | transformers | transformers |
| Context length | 262,144 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Repository size | 55.6 GB | 55.6 GB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors | safetensors |
| License | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 66.7 GB | 66.7 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 16.7 GB | 16.7 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | fc05daec18b0 | 6a9e13bd6fc8 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 1.7M | 2.4M |
| Last observed | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 |

An evaluation row appears only where at least two of these models report the same benchmark with the same stated configuration, metric, unit and setup. Different evaluators stay named in each cell. Values are shown as reported: no unit conversion, no ranking.

## Other Reported Results

These results are listed for each model on its own, because the conditions needed to compare them are not stated or do not match. Two results that leave a condition blank are not assumed to share it.

### Qwen3.5-27B

| Benchmark | Conditions | Result | Reported by | Revision | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Idavidrein/gpqa | Task diamondMetric diamondSetup GPQA DiamondComparison conditions not established | 81.8182 | [EvalEval](https://huggingface.co/datasets/evaleval/EEE_datastore/blob/192329fb7d6b15b7b0936a1a58ae862aa7e8ba24/flat/objects/5b/a4/5ba4cf19-18b3-4d08-bad0-ef29422cb18a.json) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-20 |
| Idavidrein/gpqa | Task diamondMetric diamondComparison conditions not established | 85.5 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-02-25 |
| MMMU/MMMU_Pro | Task mmmu_pro_visionMetric mmmu_pro_visionComparison conditions not established | 75 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-28 |
| MathArena/aime_2026 | Task MathArena/aime_2026Metric MathArena/aime_2026Comparison conditions not established | 90.83 | Official MathArena Evaluation Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-03-17 |
| MathArena/hmmt_feb_2026 | Task MathArena/hmmt_feb_2026Metric MathArena/hmmt_feb_2026Comparison conditions not established | 81.06 | Official MathArena Evaluation Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-03-17 |
| SWE-bench/SWE-bench_Verified | Task swe_bench_%_resolvedMetric swe_bench_%_resolvedComparison conditions not established | 72.4 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-02-03 |
| TIGER-Lab/MMLU-Pro | Task mmlu_proMetric mmlu_proComparison conditions not established | 86.1 | [EvalEval](https://huggingface.co/datasets/evaleval/EEE_datastore/blob/192329fb7d6b15b7b0936a1a58ae862aa7e8ba24/flat/objects/15/df/15df0778-3ca6-4ff9-9b34-41f74dc4ced4.json) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-06-30 |
| cais/hle | Task hleMetric hleSetup with toolsComparison conditions not established | 48.5 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-02-25 |
| cais/hle | Task hleMetric hleSetup chain of thoughtComparison conditions not established | 24.3 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-02-25 |
| harborframework/terminal-bench-2.0 | Task terminalbench_2Metric terminalbench_2Comparison conditions not established | 41.6 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-02-25 |
| likaixin/ScreenSpot-Pro | Task overallMetric overallComparison conditions not established | 70.3 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-03-18 |

### Qwen3.6-27B

| Benchmark | Conditions | Result | Reported by | Revision | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Idavidrein/gpqa | Task diamondMetric diamondComparison conditions not established | 87.8 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| MMMU/MMMU_Pro | Task mmmu_pro_visionMetric mmmu_pro_visionComparison conditions not established | 75.8 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-05-15 |
| MathArena/aime_2026 | Task MathArena/aime_2026Metric MathArena/aime_2026Comparison conditions not established | 94.1 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| MathArena/hmmt_feb_2026 | Task MathArena/hmmt_feb_2026Metric MathArena/hmmt_feb_2026Comparison conditions not established | 84.3 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| SWE-bench/SWE-bench_Multilingual | Task swe_bench_multilingual_%_resolvedMetric swe_bench_multilingual_%_resolvedComparison conditions not established | 71.3 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-08-10 |
| SWE-bench/SWE-bench_Verified | Task swe_bench_%_resolvedMetric swe_bench_%_resolvedComparison conditions not established | 77.2 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| ScaleAI/SWE-bench_Pro | Task SWE_Bench_ProMetric SWE_Bench_ProComparison conditions not established | 53.5 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| TIGER-Lab/MMLU-Pro | Task mmlu_proMetric mmlu_proComparison conditions not established | 86.2 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| benchflow/skillsbench | Task skillsbench_v1_1Metric skillsbench_v1_1Setup SkillsBench Avg5. Evaluated via OpenCode on 78 tasks (self-contained subset, excluding API-dependent tasks); avg of 5 runs. Mapped to the Hub's benchflow/skillsbench task skillsbench_v1_1.Comparison conditions not established | 48.2 | [Qwen3.6-27B model card — Benchmark Results (Language > Coding Agent)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-21 |
| cais/hle | Task hleMetric hleComparison conditions not established | 24 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-22 |
| harborframework/terminal-bench-2.0 | Task terminalbench_2Metric terminalbench_2Setup Harbor/Terminus-2 harness; 3h timeout, 32 CPU/48 GB RAM; temp=1.0, top_p=0.95, top_k=20, max_tokens=80K, 256K ctx; avg of 5 runs.Comparison conditions not established | 59.3 | [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B) Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-06-23 |
| internlm/WildClawBench | Task avg_costMetric avg_costComparison conditions not established | 20.91 | WildClawBench Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-08-11 |
| internlm/WildClawBench | Task avg_timeMetric avg_timeComparison conditions not established | 421 | WildClawBench Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-08-11 |
| internlm/WildClawBench | Task overallMetric overallComparison conditions not established | 43.2 | WildClawBench Reported by a third party | Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-08-11 |

## SAVRN's Notes on Qwen3.5-27B

27.8B parameters in a dense multimodal body, released February 2026: it reads images and text over a 262,144-token context. Memory runs 66.7 GB at 16-bit, 33.3 GB at 8-bit and 16.7 GB at 4-bit — the cheapest listed setup is one 192 GB MI300X at $1.85 an hour, and at 4-bit a single workstation card holds it. The repo is 11 safetensors shards totalling 55.6 GB, and downloads run 1.9M a month.

Apache 2.0 permits commercial use with notices kept. The card states compatibility with Transformers, vLLM, SGLang and KTransformers. Reported results on the page include SWE-bench 72.4, MMLU-Pro 86.1, Terminal-Bench 2.0 41.6 and ScreenSpot-Pro 70.3, plus HLE at 48.5 with tools against 24.3 chain-of-thought — a gap that says tool access is not optional for this model's harder tasks. None of these is a SAVRN measurement.

If you would rather rent by the token, the Index observes DeepInfra at $0.26 in and $2.60 out per million tokens and Novita at $0.30 and $2.40, both read Oct 1, 2026. Against $1.85 an hour for self-hosting, hosted inference wins at low volume and loses quickly at sustained load — run the arithmetic at your actual traffic before committing to a card.

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## SAVRN's Notes on Qwen3.6-27B

Two Index hosts sell this one by the token, so the rent-or-own math is explicit: DeepInfra at $0.32 in and $3.20 out per million tokens, OVHcloud at $0.47 and $3.19, against one MI300X at $1.85 an hour that holds the full 16-bit working set of 66.7 GB — or 16.7 GB at 4-bit, leaving most of the 192 GB for the 262,144-token context. Third-party-reported evals top its MoE sibling on this list: 87.8 GPQA-diamond, 94.1 AIME 2026, 77.2 SWE-bench Verified.

Apache 2.0 permits commercial use, modification and redistribution, notices kept and changes stated, so a fine-tune is yours to ship. One naming trap: the configuration architecture reads Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration with model type qwen3_5 despite the 3.6 name — confirm your serving stack loads it before committing. No base model or paper is on record. Dense 27.8B parameters, image-and-text in, text out, released April 2026.

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## Questions

### Which is larger, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.5-27B (27.8B parameters) is larger than Qwen3.6-27B (27.8B parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.

### Which is cheaper to run, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-27B?

At 4-bit, Qwen3.5-27B fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and Qwen3.6-27B on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

### Can I use Qwen3.5-27B commercially?

Yes. Qwen3.5-27B is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.

### Can I use Qwen3.6-27B commercially?

Yes. Qwen3.6-27B is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.

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