GPT-5.4 mini vs Holo3-35B-A3B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-5.4 mini· Holo3-35B-A3B

Quick Verdict

Pick Holo3-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 mini only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 400K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Holo3-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 68. 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 65.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OSWorld-Verified, 72.1% to 77.8%.

GPT-5.4 mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.75 input / $4.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $1.80 output per 1M tokens for Holo3-35B-A3B. That is roughly 2.5x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 mini 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. GPT-5.4 mini gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$0.75 / $4.50$0.25 / $1.80
Speed201 t/sN/A
TTFT3.85sN/A
Context400K64K

Decision framing

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Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniHolo3-35B-A3B
AgenticHolo3-35B-A3B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.060%
OSWorld-Verified72.1%77.8%
MCP Atlas57.7%
Toolathlon42.9%
tau2-bench93.4%
Coding
SWE-bench Pro54.4%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro76.6%
MMMU-Pro w/ Python78%
OmniDocBench 1.50.1263
Reasoning
MRCRv240.7%
MRCR v2 64K-128K47.7%
MRCR v2 128K-256K33.6%
Graphwalks BFS 128K76.3%
Graphwalks Parents 128K71.5%
Knowledge
GPQA88%
HLE41.5%
HLE w/o tools28.2%
Instruction Following
IFEval87.4%
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
MATH-50097.4%
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, GPT-5.4 mini or Holo3-35B-A3B?

Holo3-35B-A3B is ahead overall, 78 to 68. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 72.1% and 77.8%.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 mini or Holo3-35B-A3B?

Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 65.6. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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