Model comparison
GPT-5.5 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Head-to-head evidence from 17 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: GPT-5.5 #11 (Estimated); Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #80 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. GPT-5.5 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B share 17 comparable benchmark results. 4 of 8 categories are comparable. 36 results are unique to GPT-5.5; 11 to Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
Updated July 28, 2026- Shared results
- 17
- GPT-5.5 only
- 36
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only
- 11
- Comparable categories
- 4 / 8
Pick GPT-5.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 17 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 4 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
GPT-5.5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 72.04 to 56. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GPT-5.5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 81.6 against 51. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 82% to 40.5%. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GPT-5.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $30.00 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-5.5 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | GPT-5.5 | Δ | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | GPT-5.581.6 | Margin← 30.6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B51.0 |
| Reasoning | GPT-5.585.0 | Margin← 26.0 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B59.0 |
| Knowledge | GPT-5.557.8 | Margin→ 23.8 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B81.6 |
| Coding | GPT-5.558.6 | Margin→ 2.0 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B60.6 |
| Math | GPT-5.547.6 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BNot measured |
| Multilingual | GPT-5.5Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B81.0 |
| Multimodal | GPT-5.570.4 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BNot measured |
| Inst. Following | GPT-5.5Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B91.9 |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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Terminal-Bench 2.0
AgenticA 82%B 40.5%Winner: GPT-5.5Δ 41.5Terminal-Bench 2.0: GPT-5.5 scored 82%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 40.5%. GPT-5.5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
OSWorld-Verified
AgenticA 78.7%B 54.5%Winner: GPT-5.5Δ 24.2OSWorld-Verified: GPT-5.5 scored 78.7%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 54.5%. GPT-5.5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
BrowseComp
AgenticA 84.4%B 61%Winner: GPT-5.5Δ 23.4BrowseComp: GPT-5.5 scored 84.4%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 61%. GPT-5.5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
GPQA
KnowledgeA 93.6%B 84.2%Winner: GPT-5.5Δ 9.4GPQA: GPT-5.5 scored 93.6%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 84.2%. GPT-5.5 wins this benchmark.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | GPT-5.5$5 input / $30 output | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$0 input / $0 output | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | GPT-5.5Not available | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | GPT-5.5Not available | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | GPT-5.51M | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B262K | GPT-5.5 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
AgenticGPT-5.5 wins19 benchmarks
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 82% | 40.5% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| CyberGymSource | 81.8% | — | Not comparable |
| BrowseCompSource | 84.4% | 61% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | 78.7% | 54.5% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| MCP AtlasSource | 75.3% | — | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | 55.6% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 93.9% | 89.2% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 44.9% | — | Not comparable |
| APEX-Agents-AASource | 37.7% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 49.6% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1491 | — | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | 72.93% | 28.96% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| ResearchClawBenchSource | 17.0% | — | Not comparable |
| OSWorld 2.0Source | 13.0% | — | Not comparable |
| JobBenchSource | 42.7% | — | Not comparable |
| ExploitGymSource | 13.4% | — | Not comparable |
| AA AutomationBenchSource | 42.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | 46.6% | — | Not comparable |
| AA ITBenchSource | 45.8% | — | Not comparable |
CodingQwen3.5-35B-A3B wins11 benchmarks
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench ProSource | 58.6% | — | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 82.0% | — | Not comparable |
| Vibe Code BenchSource | 69.85% | — | Not comparable |
| React Native EvalsSource | 84.7% | — | Not comparable |
| cursorBench31Source | 59.2% | — | Not comparable |
| cursorBench32Source | 58.4% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 74.9% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 56.1% | 37.7% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource | 43.0% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 69.2% | Not comparable |
| SWE-RebenchSource | — | 53.7% | Not comparable |
ReasoningGPT-5.5 wins7 benchmarks
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRCR v2 64K-128KSource | 83.1% | — | Not comparable |
| MRCR v2 128K-256KSource | 87.5% | — | Not comparable |
| ARC-AGI-2Source | 85% | — | Not comparable |
| ARC-AGI-3Source | 0.4% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-LCRSource | 74.3% | 62.7% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| CritPtSource | 27.1% | 0.9% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| LongBench v2Source | — | 59% | Not comparable |
KnowledgeQwen3.5-35B-A3B wins12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 93.6% | 84.2% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| GPQA-DSource | 93.6% | — | Not comparable |
| HLESource | 52.2% | — | Not comparable |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | 41.4% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 54.8% | 29.3% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 93.5% | 84.5% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| AA-HLESource | 44.3% | 19.7% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 20.1% | -46.4% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 56.9% | 20.5% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 85.5% | 84.0% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B leads |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 85.3% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 63.4% | Not comparable |
Math3 benchmarks
Multilingual1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-ProXSource | — | 81% | Not comparable |
Multimodal9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMU-ProSource | 81.2% | — | Not comparable |
| MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource | 83.2% | — | Not comparable |
| OfficeQA ProSource | 54.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 79.9% | 72.7% | GPT-5.5 leads |
| Design Arena WebsiteSource | 1280 | — | Not comparable |
| MMMUSource | — | 81.4% | Not comparable |
| MMVUSource | — | 72.3% | Not comparable |
| MathVisionSource | — | 83.9% | Not comparable |
| V*Source | — | 92.7% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (5)
Which is better, GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
GPT-5.5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 72.04 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 82% and 40.5%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.6 versus 57.8. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for coding, GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 60.6 versus 58.6. Inside this category, AA-SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
GPT-5.5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 59. Inside this category, CritPt is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.5 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
GPT-5.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.6 versus 51. Inside this category, Gert Labs is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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