# Devstral Small 2 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (slim)

> Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scores 62.7 (B) to Devstral Small 2's 61 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Devstral Small 2's 61 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Devstral Small 2 leads on reach, risk and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Devstral Small 2: C 61, rank #60 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devstral-small-2.min.md
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: B 62.7, rank #27 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-6-35b-a3b.min.md
- Devstral Small 2, good for Developers who want a dependable local coding agent on one consumer GPU or a 32 GB Mac Ahead on Reach, 90 against 85; Risk, 60 against 55; Documentation and upkeep, 46 against 31.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, good for Agents with a 32 GB or larger machine that want a quick, permissively licensed coding and tool-calling cousin with vision. Ahead on Agent interface, 70 against 65.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-04-16 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Devstral Small 2 +15: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 31 (The model card earns 11, covering intended use, architecture, parameters and context but not limitations, languages or a cut-off.)
- Reach, Devstral Small 2 +5: Devstral Small 2 90 (Memory 25, the smallest build at 4 bits from a runtime's own library is Ollama's devstral-small-2 at Q4_K_M, 15 GB, and 15 GB × 1.2 = 18 GB, within 24 GB.); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 85 (Memory earns 20 because the smallest 4-bit build from a runtime's own library is Ollama's Q4_K_M at 23 GB, which comes to 27.6 GB with the fifth added, so it ne…)
- Risk, Devstral Small 2 +5: Devstral Small 2 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 55 (File safety earns 25 for safetensors only, loaded by the runtimes' own code and a Jinja template with nothing run from the repository.)
- Agent interface, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B +5: Devstral Small 2 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,362 characters), with the tokenizer's tekken file for mistral-common.); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 70 (The chat template earns 20 as a Jinja file in the repository.)