Qwen3.5/3.6 Coder?

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 4/26/2026

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Key Points

  • The post speculates that Qwen 3.5/3.6’s strong coding performance could lead to the creation of a dedicated “Qwen Coder” or coder/agent variant.
  • It notes that Alibaba is reportedly focusing on making Qwen a reliable coding agent, which raises the question of whether the company would release a specialized coding model or keep using the general-purpose Qwen models.
  • The author argues that launching another coder-focused variant could significantly disrupt the market, especially given the strong perceived performance of Q3CN and the appeal of an 80B A3B model architecture.
  • The post ends by suggesting an alternative possibility: that a “Q4 Coder” release could happen instead, while acknowledging uncertainty.

With practically all of LocalLlama glazing Qwen 3.5/3.6 for it's coding skills. Along with the fact that Alibaba themselves are focusing on making Qwen a reliable coding agent, does this rule out the chance for a new Qwen Coder? I wonder if they'd just focus on the vanilla Qwen models to be as capable in all areas very well, including coding, or if they'd double down and release another coder/agent variant... I think if they did, looking at how well Q3CN holds up, would probably wreck the market for a long, long while, especially if they keep that sweet 80B A3B model arch.

Or maybe they'd just release Q4 Coder. who knows at this point

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