Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GPT-5.4 nano
60
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
66
Verified leaderboard positions: GPT-5.4 nano unranked · Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #23
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 nano only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 400K context window.
Agentic
+8.6 difference
Knowledge
+7.3 difference
Multimodal
+10.0 difference
GPT-5.4 nano
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
$0.2 / $1.25
N/A
191 t/s
N/A
3.64s
N/A
400K
262K
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 nano only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 400K context window.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 66 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 76.1 against 66.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 37.7% to 21.4%.
GPT-5.4 nano gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 262K for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 66 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 37.7% and 21.4%.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.5 versus 53.2. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.5 versus 42.9. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.1 versus 66.1. Inside this category, AA-MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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