Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
67
ZAYA1-8B
62
Verified leaderboard positions: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #20 · ZAYA1-8B unranked
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-8B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Knowledge
+12.6 difference
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
ZAYA1-8B
N/A
$0 / $0
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262K
131K
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-8B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 67 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 131K for ZAYA1-8B.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 67 to 62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 86% and 71%.
ZAYA1-8B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 60.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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