Judging from outward looks the difference in weight between the two is more like around 30%. J-36 looks larger than it actually is because of its ridiculous amount of wing area, this greatly enhances maneuverability and range but is far too unwieldy for carrier operations.
Larger wing area just gives you more lift and if total weight is same, lower wing loading.
It doesn't enhance manoeuvrability. That depends on speed and many other factors maybe an actual aeronautical engineer could detail. Typically a larger wing area is going to work against sustained turns but there are literally a thousand other factors. J-36 looks like it's optimised for range, time in air and payload magazine depth. It is a long range focused weapon and needs to fly high and fast to make the most of its sensors and payload. Turning performance is a lower priority if you can see further, better and more while delivering larger and longer ranged weapons. Just fly there fast and be able to fly high. Stay in the air long and operate over longer distances.
J-36 is everything the best NGAD powerpoint wish list dreamed of being.
J-50 appears to lower the long reach priority (I mean it is still outreaching all 4.5 and 5 gen fighters probably by significant margin). It instead replaces those lost points with better turning ability. The J-50 is still a huge fighter - Flanker width and J-20 length with a wider and more blended fuselage than the J-20. These two 6th gens have stealth levels that 5th gens dream of. Even though their sensors and weapons reach much further (and they carry greater depth), they can be armed with guns and still take out the previous generations.
Both of these attain a different level of all aspect stealth - what I've been calling ultra low observable (ULO) in contrast to 5th gen VLO. B-2, GJ-11 and B-21 are probably the only in service and near service (B-21), shooter combat aircraft in the world that qualify as ULO. ISR stealth drones from US and China don't count. None of these are supersonic (absolute quantum leap ahead considering the traditional flying wing aircrafts are very delicate gliders) and none of them are air to air optimised or even capable of air to air. Going supersonic is something the US hasn't been able to do with tailless.