# Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-ultra-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3 Ultra has the higher overall point estimate 47.12 to 45.79. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 50.3 for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 43.2 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 44.4% and 61%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 47.12 | 45.79 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 28 (Supported · #95/126)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 33.3 (Estimated · #83/126)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | 90.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 44.4% | 61% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| τ³-bench results | 70.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 37.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 28.96% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 21.9 (Supported · #115/149)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 25.9 (Estimated · #104/149)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.9% | 69.2% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.0% | 74.6% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SciCode | 44.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 70.8 (#20/29)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 65.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 3.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | 61.9% | 59% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 64.6 (#42/54)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 50.3 (Estimated · #78/182)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 43.2 (Supported · #105/182)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87% | 84.2% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA-D | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 26.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 26.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.8% | 85.3% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 89.2 (#7/17)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 83.8 (#11/17)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83% | 81% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 92.1 (#20/146)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.8 (#32/146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 50.3 for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 43.2 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3 Ultra cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3 Ultra currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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