Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
56
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
57
Verified leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B unranked · Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #18
Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Coding
+4.9 difference
Knowledge
+3.8 difference
Inst. Following
+17.7 difference
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
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256K
262K
Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 57 to 56. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in instruction following, where it averages 91.9 against 74.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 72.2% to 84.2%.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 57 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 72.2% and 84.2%.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.3 versus 75.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 58.4 versus 53.5. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91.9 versus 74.2. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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