# Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mellum2-12b-a2-5b-thinking-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | JetBrains | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 54.86 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: 48.3 (Estimated · #76/151)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 46 (Estimated · #89/151)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 45.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 30.2 (Supported · #168/183)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 69.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 67.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 40 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #96/181)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #110/181)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 57.6% | 84.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| GPQA-D | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.5 (#29/120)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 76.5% | 91.9% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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