# GPT-5.3 Codex vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-3-codex-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Codex if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.3 Codex leads overall 62.06 to 47.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 79.6 for GPT-5.3 Codex and 41.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 77.3% and 40.5%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.3 Codex also has the larger context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 62.06 | 47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 54.2 (Estimated · #35/117)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 77.3% | 40.5% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| OSWorld-Verified | 64.7% | 54.5% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| Gert Labs | 57.47% | 28.96% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| JobBench | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #28/142)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 85% | 69.2% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.2% | 53.7% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| Vibe Code Bench | 61.77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 76.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | 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
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 64.2 (Estimated · #29/168)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 91.2 (#14/124)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.3 Codex or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.3 Codex is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 79.6 for GPT-5.3 Codex and 41.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.3 Codex cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.3 Codex currently has 10 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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