Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GPT-5.4
89
Holo3-35B-A3B
75
Verified leaderboard positions: GPT-5.4 #12 · Holo3-35B-A3B unranked
Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Holo3-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Agentic
+5.6 difference
GPT-5.4
Holo3-35B-A3B
$2.5 / $15
$null / $null
74 t/s
N/A
151.79s
N/A
1.05M
64K
Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Holo3-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
GPT-5.4 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 89 to 75. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GPT-5.4 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 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.
GPT-5.4 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 89 to 75. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 75% and 82.6%.
Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 77. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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