# GPT-4.1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-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. GPT-4.1 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 39.79.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 48.9 for GPT-4.1 and 87.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 66.3% and 84.2%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-4.1 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 39.79 | 47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $8.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 25.65% | 28.96% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.6% | 69.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | 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: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 35.6 (Supported · #115/168)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 66.3% | 84.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 48.9 (#83/124)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 87.4% | 91.9% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 5.517% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-4.1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-4.1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 48.9 for GPT-4.1 and 87.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.1 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 currently has 7 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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