Agents-A1 vs Qwen3.5 397B
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 397B
61
Verified leaderboard positions: Agents-A1 unranked · Qwen3.5 397B #24
Pick Agents-A1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Category Radar
Head-to-Head by Category
Category Breakdown
| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | Δ | Qwen3.5 397B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 75.5 | ← 19.0 | 56.5 |
| Knowledge | 47.6 | → 9.3 | 56.9 |
| Reasoning | 60.2 | → 3.0 | 63.2 |
| Inst. Following | 94.8 | ← 2.2 | 92.6 |
| Coding | — | — | 60.3 |
| Math | — | — | 90.6 |
| Multilingual | — | — | 84.7 |
| Multimodal | — | — | 79.6 |
Operational Comparison
Agents-A1
Qwen3.5 397B
N/A
$0.6 / $3.6
N/A
96 t/s
N/A
2.44s
262K
128K
Quick Verdict
Pick Agents-A1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Agents-A1 has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 63 versus 61. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Agents-A1's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 75.5 against 56.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 47.6% to 28.7%. Qwen3.5 397B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Agents-A1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen3.5 397B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Agents-A1 gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B.
Benchmark Deep Dive
Frequently Asked Questions (5)
Which is better, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5 397B?
Agents-A1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 63 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 47.6% and 28.7%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5 397B?
Qwen3.5 397B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 56.9 versus 47.6. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for reasoning, Agents-A1 or Qwen3.5 397B?
Qwen3.5 397B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.2 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 397B?
Agents-A1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 56.5. 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 397B?
Agents-A1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 94.8 versus 92.6. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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