# GPT-5.4 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

GPT-5.4 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 has the higher overall point estimate 66.46 to 43.54. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 68.8 for GPT-5.4 and 42.9 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 78.596% and 20.351%.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 66.46 | 43.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 41 | 42 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 51.3 (Supported · #43/124)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #90/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | 51.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 70.6% | 62.8% | GPT-5.4 |
| Toolathlon | 54.6% | 26.9% | GPT-5.4 |
| τ²-bench results | 98.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 60.3% | 68.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.89% | 42.65% | GPT-5.4 |
| ResearchClawBench | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 38.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 6.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 11% | Coming soon | 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 |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 48 (Supported · #46/149)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #89/149)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.7% | 49.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| React Native Evals | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | 51.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 67.42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 29.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.2 (#24/29)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 93.67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 73.1 (#30/54)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 66.4 (#40/54)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | 75.3% | GPT-5.4 |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.8% | 78% | GPT-5.4 |
| ERQA | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 61.1% | 58.9% | GPT-5.4 |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | 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
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 68.8 (Supported · #20/181)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #105/181)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | 86% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE | 52.1% | 21.4% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 48.1% | 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: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 90.7 (#23/128)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#58/128)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 82 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 58.4 (#10/12)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 78.596% | 20.351% | GPT-5.4 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 49.000% | 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, GPT-5.4 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

GPT-5.4 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 68.8 for GPT-5.4 and 42.9 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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