Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
83
Holo3-35B-A3B
75
Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Holo3-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority.
Agentic
+17.5 difference
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Holo3-35B-A3B
$3 / $15
$null / $null
44 t/s
N/A
1.48s
N/A
200K
64K
Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Holo3-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 83 to 75. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 83 to 75. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 72.1% and 82.6%.
Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 65.1. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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