# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads overall 68.46 to 41.74.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 59.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 30.1 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 54.7% and 21.4%.
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 68.46 | 41.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #22/117)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 30.1 (Estimated · #79/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 51.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 62.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 26.9% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 42.65% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.9 (Estimated · #24/143)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #75/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 73.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 49.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 51.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 29.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.1 (#39/50)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 51 (#38/50)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91% | 78% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #29/169)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.3 (Estimated · #89/169)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 86% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 54.7% | 21.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#57/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 59.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 30.1 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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