# DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B leads overall 47 to 31.91.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 38.2 for DeepSeek V3 and 87.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 42% and 69.2%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 31.91 | 47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 11.9 (Estimated · #113/117)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 28.96% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 19 (Estimated · #130/142)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 69.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 42.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 30.3 (Estimated · #139/168)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 84.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 38.2 (#103/124)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 91.9% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V3 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 38.2 for DeepSeek V3 and 87.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V3 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V3 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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