Composer 2 vs Holo3-35B-A3B

Pick Holo3-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Composer 2 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 200K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Holo3-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Holo3-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 77.8 against 61.7.

Composer 2 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $1.80 output per 1M tokens for Holo3-35B-A3B. Composer 2 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Holo3-35B-A3B 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. Composer 2 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.