Holo3-35B-A3B vs o3-mini

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Holo3-35B-A3B· o3-mini

Quick Verdict

Pick Holo3-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o3-mini only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 200K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Holo3-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 65. 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 66.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OSWorld-Verified, 77.8% to 61%.

o3-mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.10 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $1.80 output per 1M tokens for Holo3-35B-A3B. That is roughly 2.4x on output cost alone. o3-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. o3-mini gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$0.25 / $1.80$1.10 / $4.40
SpeedN/A160 t/s
TTFTN/A7.12s
Context64K200K

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.

BenchmarkHolo3-35B-A3Bo3-mini
AgenticHolo3-35B-A3B wins
OSWorld-Verified77.8%61%
Terminal-Bench 2.067%
BrowseComp74%
Coding
SWE-bench Verified49.3%
SWE-bench Pro57%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro73%
OfficeQA Pro76%
Reasoning
LongBench v282%
MRCRv280%
Knowledge
MMLU86.9%
GPQA77.2%
FrontierScience66%
Instruction Following
IFEval93.9%
Multilingual
MMLU-ProX73%
Mathematics
AIME 202487.3%
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Holo3-35B-A3B or o3-mini?

Holo3-35B-A3B is ahead overall, 78 to 65. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 77.8% and 61%.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Holo3-35B-A3B or o3-mini?

Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 66.6. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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