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Qwen3.5-27B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 20 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

60.63/100
Margin
9.3pts
← winning
51.36/100
2 category wins1 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Qwen3.5-27B #26; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #31

BenchAlign evidence: Qwen3.5-27B supported; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B share 20 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 9 results are unique to Qwen3.5-27B; 38 to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Updated July 15, 2026
Shared results
20
Qwen3.5-27B only
9
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
38
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. Qwen3.5-27B makes more sense if knowledge is the priority; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the better fit if coding is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 20 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B finish on the same provisional overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The provisional headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

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 scores and score margins for Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
CategoryQwen3.5-27BΔQwen3.6-35B-A3B
KnowledgeQwen3.5-27B82.8Margin← 31.0Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.8
CodingQwen3.5-27B64.9Margin→ 8.9Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8
AgenticQwen3.5-27B52.0Margin← 0.5Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5
ReasoningQwen3.5-27B60.6MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot measured
MathQwen3.5-27BNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2
MultilingualQwen3.5-27B82.2MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot measured
MultimodalQwen3.5-27BNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3
Inst. FollowingQwen3.5-27B95.0MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Qwen3.5-27BB · Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 41.6%B 51.5%
    Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 9.9
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Qwen3.5-27B scored 41.6%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 51.5%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark.

  2. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 72.4%B 73.4%
    Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 1
    SWE-bench Verified: Qwen3.5-27B scored 72.4%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 73.4%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark.

  3. MMLU-Pro

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 86.1%B 85.2%
    Winner: Qwen3.5-27BΔ 0.9
    MMLU-Pro: Qwen3.5-27B scored 86.1%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 85.2%. Qwen3.5-27B wins this benchmark.

  4. SuperGPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 65.6%B 64.7%
    Winner: Qwen3.5-27BΔ 0.9
    SuperGPQA: Qwen3.5-27B scored 65.6%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 64.7%. Qwen3.5-27B wins this benchmark.

  5. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 85.5%B 86%
    Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 0.5
    GPQA: Qwen3.5-27B scored 85.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 86%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensQwen3.5-27B$0 input / $0 outputQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondQwen3.5-27BNot availableQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenQwen3.5-27BNot availableQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensQwen3.5-27B262KQwen3.6-35B-A3B262KListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticQwen3.5-27B wins
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 41.6%51.5%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
BrowseCompSource 61%—Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 56.2%—Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 93.9%95.3%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
Gert LabsSource 39.41%42.65%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
Claw-EvalSource —68.7%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource —52.6%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource —1397Not 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
GDPval-AASource —27.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource —1049Not comparable
CodingQwen3.6-35B-A3B wins
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 72.4%73.4%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
SWE-RebenchSource 58.9%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 32.6%34.8%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
AA-SciCodeSource 39.5%35.8%Qwen3.5-27B leads
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
Reasoning
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
LongBench v2Source 60.6%—Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 67.3%63.7%Qwen3.5-27B leads
CritPtSource 0.9%0.3%Qwen3.5-27B leads
KnowledgeQwen3.5-27B wins
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
MMLU-ProSource 86.1%85.2%Qwen3.5-27B leads
SuperGPQASource 65.6%64.7%Qwen3.5-27B leads
GPQASource 85.5%86%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 33.8%31.6%Qwen3.5-27B leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 85.8%84.1%Qwen3.5-27B leads
AA-HLESource 22.2%20.2%Qwen3.5-27B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -42.0%-21.4%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 21.0%18.9%Qwen3.5-27B leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 79.7%49.7%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
C-EvalSource —90%Not comparable
HLESource —21.4%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
HMMT Feb 2025Source —90.7%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source —89.1%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source —83.6%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource —78.9%Not comparable
AIME26Source —92.7%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
MMLU-ProXSource 82.2%—Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
MMMUSource 82.3%81.7%Qwen3.5-27B leads
MMVUSource 73.3%—Not comparable
MathVisionSource 86.0%—Not comparable
V*Source 93.7%—Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.0%75.0%Tie
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
Inst. Following
BenchmarkQwen3.5-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
IFEvalSource 95%—Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 75.6%64.4%Qwen3.5-27B leads
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B are tied on the provisional overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 51.8. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 64.9. Inside this category, AA-SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 51.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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