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BenchLM
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Model A
Qwen3.5 397B

Alibaba

57.78/100

Estimated · Public rank #87

90% interval 46.3–69.3

Qwen3.5 397B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Updated August 29, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

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Model B
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Alibaba

51.55/100

Estimated · Public rank #122

90% interval 40.0–63.1

Decision reading

Qwen3.5 397B has the higher public score estimate, 57.78 versus 51.55, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.

25 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented

Show secondary and unsupported calls

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Qwen3.5 397B does not fit this workload in one request. Qwen3.5 397B has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has no comparable published API token rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback

  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shared results
25
Qwen3.5 397B only
13
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
16
Like-for-like categories
3 / 8

2 categories use different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Knowledge

Like-for-like
Qwen3.5 397B
56.6
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
51.4
Weighted basis
4 vs 4 rows
Reading
Qwen3.5 397B leads

Math

Like-for-like
Qwen3.5 397B
90.6
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
88.2
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Qwen3.5 397B leads

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Qwen3.5 397B
79.6
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
76.3
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Qwen3.5 397B leads

Agentic

Directional only
Qwen3.5 397B
56.5
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
51.5
Weighted basis
2 vs 1 rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Directional only
Qwen3.5 397B
66.5
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
73.8
Weighted basis
2 vs 3 rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Qwen3.5 397B
63.2
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Qwen3.5 397B
84.7
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Qwen3.5 397B
92.6
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Qwen3.5 397B
$0.0024
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.5 397B
$0.0408
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.5 397B
$0.168
Does not fit in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Qwen3.5 397B does not fit this workload in one request. Qwen3.5 397B has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has no comparable published API token rate.

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Qwen3.5 397B

128K

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

262K

API model ID

Qwen3.5 397B

Not sourced

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Qwen3.5 397B

Not published

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Qwen3.5 397B

Not sourced

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Qwen3.5 397B

Not sourced

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Not sourced

Provider availability

Qwen3.5 397B

Not sourced

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Qwen3.5 397B

Non-Reasoning

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Reasoning

Weight access

Qwen3.5 397B

Open Weight

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Open Weight

License

Qwen3.5 397B

Open Weight

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Open Weight

Release date

Qwen3.5 397B

2026-02-16

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

2026-04-15

If you already use one of these models
Deployment change
Both entries list Alibaba as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
Quality signal
Qwen3.5 397B has the higher public score estimate, 57.78 versus 51.55, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the larger documented window (262K).

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence54 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.5 397B52.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • BrowseComp

    Qwen3.5 397B62%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • Claw-Eval

    Qwen3.5 397B56.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B68.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads this result

  • QwenClawBench

    Qwen3.5 397B51.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B52.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads this result

  • τ³-bench results

    Qwen3.5 397B68.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B67.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • VITA-Bench

    Qwen3.5 397B43.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B35.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • DeepPlanning

    Qwen3.5 397B37.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B25.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • Toolathlon

    Qwen3.5 397B36.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B26.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • MCP Atlas

    Qwen3.5 397B46.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B62.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads this result

  • MCP-Tasks

    Qwen3.5 397B74.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    Qwen3.5 397B74.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B60.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • Gert Labs

    Shared source
    Qwen3.5 397B46.76%
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B42.65%

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • ResearchClawBench

    Qwen3.5 397B14.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • QwenWebBench

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B1397
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Qwen3.5 397B76.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Qwen3.5 397B83.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Qwen3.5 397B50.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B49.5%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • SWE Multilingual

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B67.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B80.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NL2Repo

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B29.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • LongBench v2

    Qwen3.5 397B63.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • AI-Needle

    Qwen3.5 397B68.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Qwen3.5 397B88.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B86%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • SuperGPQA

    Qwen3.5 397B70.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B64.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro

    Qwen3.5 397B87.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B85.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • MMLU-Redux

    Qwen3.5 397B94.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • C-Eval

    Qwen3.5 397B93%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B90%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • HLE

    Qwen3.5 397B28.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B21.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

Math

  • AIME26

    Qwen3.5 397B93.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B92.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    Qwen3.5 397B94.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B90.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    Qwen3.5 397B92.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B89.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Qwen3.5 397B87.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B83.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • MMAnswerBench

    Qwen3.5 397B80.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B78.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Qwen3.5 397B84.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    Qwen3.5 397B59.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    Qwen3.5 397B79%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B75.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • MathVision

    Qwen3.5 397B88.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Qwen3.5 397B80.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B78%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • VideoMMMU

    Qwen3.5 397B84.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B83.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.5 397B leads this result

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Qwen3.5 397B65.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • V*

    Qwen3.5 397B95.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B81.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • RealWorldQA

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B85.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OmniDocBench 1.5

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B89.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B58.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CC-OCR

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B81.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AI2D_TEST

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B92.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • RefCOCO (avg)

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B92.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ODINW13

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B50.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B86.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (w/o subtitle)

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B82.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    Qwen3.5 397B—
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B86.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    Qwen3.5 397B92.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Qwen3.5 397B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 397B has the higher public score estimate, 57.78 versus 51.55, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.5 397B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The current coding averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so BenchLM does not name a winner from them. Read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.5 397B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The current agentic tasks averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so BenchLM does not name a winner from them. Read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, Qwen3.5 397B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 397B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the larger documented context window: 262K, compared with 128K.

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