# LongCat-2.5 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-2.5 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-2-5-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the higher overall point estimate 42.85 to 0. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is NL2Repo in Coding, with scores of 60.5% and 29.4%.
- LongCat-2.5 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 42.85 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 44 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 34.2 (Estimated · #93/132)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.1% | 62.8% | LongCat-2.5 |
| JobBench | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 78.3% | 68.7% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | 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: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 35.9 (Estimated · #82/158)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 25.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 60.5% | 29.4% | LongCat-2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 36.9 (Estimated · #98/157)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 38.1 (Supported · #64/67)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 90.2% | 78% | LongCat-2.5 |
| MathVision w/ Python | 96.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | 85.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | Coming soon | 88.11% | Coming soon |
| ParseBench | Coming soon | 37.35% | 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: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.6 (Estimated · #106/179)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience | 77% | 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 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 21.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#65/157)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 48.4 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 20.351% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LongCat-2.5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-2.5 cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-2.5 currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 44 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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