Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
59
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
64
Verified leaderboard positions: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #12 · Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #13
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Agentic
+0.9 difference
Coding
+8.5 difference
Knowledge
+18.8 difference
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Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 64 to 59. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 66.9 against 58.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 40.5% to 51.5%. 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.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 64 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 40.5% and 51.5%.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.3 versus 60.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 66.9 versus 58.4. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.5 versus 50.6. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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