# Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ornith-1-5-35b-a3b-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Plus has the higher overall point estimate 55.21 to 32.61. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 24 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and 42.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 70.2% and 48.2%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ornith AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 32.61 | 55.21 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 48 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 23.5 (Estimated · #95/119)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #75/119)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 33.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 70.2% | 48.2% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 67.8% | 74.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| BrowseComp | 67.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 72.5% | 58.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 24 (Estimated · #110/144)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 42.5 (Supported · #60/144)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79% | 78.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.6% | 56.6% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.4% | 73.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| DeepSWE | 22.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | 5.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 46.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 67.2 (#23/49)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 34.5 (Estimated · #119/171)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #61/171)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.2% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 25.6% | 28.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HLE w/o tools | 25.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/16)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 82.5 (#48/125)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62 (#5/7)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 26.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 8.333% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 24 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B and 42.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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