Model comparison
Qwen3 235B 2507 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Head-to-head evidence from 3 shared benchmark results across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Verified leaderboard positions: Qwen3 235B 2507 unranked; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #31
BenchAlign evidence: Qwen3 235B 2507 estimated; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Qwen3 235B 2507 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B share 3 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to Qwen3 235B 2507; 55 to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
Updated July 15, 2026- Shared results
- 3
- Qwen3 235B 2507 only
- 1
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
- 55
- Comparable categories
- 1 / 8
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 3 shared benchmark results across 1 evidence category; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 59 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen3 235B 2507 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. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B 2507.
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 | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Δ | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Qwen3 235B 250779.0 | Margin← 27.2 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.8 |
| Agentic | Qwen3 235B 2507Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5 |
| Coding | Qwen3 235B 2507Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8 |
| Math | Qwen3 235B 2507Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2 |
| Multilingual | Qwen3 235B 250779.4 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot measured |
| Multimodal | Qwen3 235B 2507Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3 |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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GPQA
KnowledgeA 77.5%B 86%Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 8.5GPQA: Qwen3 235B 2507 scored 77.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 86%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
MMLU-Pro
KnowledgeA 83%B 85.2%Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 2.2MMLU-Pro: Qwen3 235B 2507 scored 83%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 85.2%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
SuperGPQA
KnowledgeA 62.6%B 64.7%Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 2.1SuperGPQA: Qwen3 235B 2507 scored 62.6%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 64.7%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Qwen3 235B 2507$0 input / $0 output | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Qwen3 235B 2507Not available | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Qwen3 235B 2507Not available | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Qwen3 235B 2507128K | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B262K | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic15 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 51.5% | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 68.7% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 52.6% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1397 | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | — | 67.2% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 35.6% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 25.9% | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | — | 26.9% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 62.8% | Not comparable |
| WideResearchSource | — | 60.1% | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | — | 21.4% | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 95.3% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 27.4% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 1049 | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 42.65% | Not comparable |
Coding9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 73.4% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 67.2% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 49.5% | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 51.5% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 80.4% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 29.4% | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | — | 41.9% | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench HardSource | — | 34.8% | Not comparable |
| AA-SciCodeSource | — | 35.8% | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
KnowledgeQwen3 235B 2507 wins11 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 77.5% | 86% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| SuperGPQASource | 62.6% | 64.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| MMLU-ProSource | 83% | 85.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| C-EvalSource | — | 90% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 21.4% | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | — | 31.6% | Not comparable |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | — | 84.1% | Not comparable |
| AA-HLESource | — | 20.2% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | — | -21.4% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | — | 18.9% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | — | 49.7% | Not comparable |
Math5 benchmarks
Multilingual1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-ProXSource | 79.4% | — | Not comparable |
Multimodal15 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMUSource | — | 81.7% | Not comparable |
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 75.3% | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | — | 85.3% | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBench 1.5Source | — | 89.9% | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | — | 78% | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | — | 58.9% | Not comparable |
| CC-OCRSource | — | 81.9% | Not comparable |
| AI2D_TESTSource | — | 92.7% | Not comparable |
| RefCOCO (avg)Source | — | 92.0% | Not comparable |
| ODINW13Source | — | 50.8% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | — | 86.6% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source | — | 82.5% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 83.7% | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | — | 86.2% | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | — | 75.0% | Not comparable |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | — | 64.4% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Which is better, Qwen3 235B 2507 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 59 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 77.5% and 86%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, Qwen3 235B 2507 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?
Qwen3 235B 2507 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 51.8. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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