GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3.5-35B-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· Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

GPT-5.4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 82 to 67. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 87.7 against 59. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 75.1% to 40.5%.

GPT-5.4 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$2.50 / $15.00Free*
Speed74 t/sN/A
TTFT151.79sN/A
Context1.05M262K

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-5.4Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
AgenticGPT-5.4 wins
Terminal-Bench 2.075.1%40.5%
BrowseComp82.7%61%
OSWorld-Verified75%54.5%
MCP Atlas67.2%
Toolathlon54.6%
tau2-bench98.9%81.2%
CodingGPT-5.4 wins
HumanEval95%
SWE-bench Verified84%69.2%
LiveCodeBench84%74.6%
SWE-bench Pro57.7%
React Native Evals82.6%
Multimodal & GroundedGPT-5.4 wins
MMMU-Pro81.2%75.1%
OfficeQA Pro96%
MMMU-Pro w/ Python81.5%
OmniDocBench 1.50.1090
ReasoningGPT-5.4 wins
MuSR94%
BBH97%
MRCRv297%
MRCR v2 64K-128K86%
MRCR v2 128K-256K79.3%
Graphwalks BFS 128K93.1%
Graphwalks Parents 128K89.8%
ARC-AGI-273.3%
LongBench v259%
KnowledgeGPT-5.4 wins
MMLU99%
GPQA92.8%84.2%
SuperGPQA96%63.4%
MMLU-Pro93%85.3%
HLE48%
FrontierScience91%
HLE w/o tools39.8%
SimpleQA97%
Instruction FollowingGPT-5.4 wins
IFEval96%91.9%
MultilingualGPT-5.4 wins
MGSM96%
MMLU-ProX94%81%
Mathematics
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202599%
HMMT Feb 202396%
HMMT Feb 202498%
HMMT Feb 202597%
BRUMO 202597%
MATH-50099%
Frequently Asked Questions (8)

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall, 82 to 67. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 75.1% and 40.5%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.1 versus 79.3. Inside this category, SuperGPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.9 versus 72.6. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 87.7 versus 59. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77 versus 50.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.9 versus 75.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 91.9. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.7 versus 81. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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