Agents-A1 vs Qwen3.5-27B
Head-to-head comparison across 4benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Verdict
Agents-A1 leads for most workloads.
Based on BenchLM composite scores, July 2026.
Agents-A1
63
Qwen3.5-27B
59
Verified leaderboard positions: Agents-A1 unranked · Qwen3.5-27B #29
Pick Agents-A1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Category Radar
Head-to-Head by Category
Category Breakdown
| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Δ | Qwen3.5-27B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 47.6 | → 35.2 | 82.8 |
| Agentic | 75.5 | ← 23.5 | 52.0 |
| Reasoning | 60.2 | → 0.4 | 60.6 |
| Inst. Following | 94.8 | → 0.2 | 95.0 |
| Coding | — | — | 64.9 |
| Multilingual | — | — | 82.2 |
Operational Comparison
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Quick Verdict
Pick Agents-A1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Agents-A1 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 63 to 59. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Agents-A1's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 75.5 against 52. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 75.5% to 61%. Qwen3.5-27B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Benchmark Deep Dive
Frequently Asked Questions (5)
Which is better, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Agents-A1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 63 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 75.5% and 61%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 47.6. Agents-A1 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Which is better for reasoning, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 60.6 versus 60.2. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Agents-A1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 52. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for instruction following, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 94.8. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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