# Ornith-1.5-9B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ornith-1.5-9B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ornith-1-5-9b-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- 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 44.72 to 28.63. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 30.6 for Ornith-1.5-9B and 42.1 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 54.4% and 67.2%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ornith AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 28.63 | 44.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #101/119)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29 (Estimated · #83/119)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 54.2% | 62.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 59.5% | 60.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| BrowseComp | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 66.5% | 68.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| 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 |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 42.65% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 35.5 (Estimated · #79/144)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.6% | 73.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.5% | 49.5% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| SWE Multilingual | 54.4% | 67.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| NL2Repo | 32.4% | 29.4% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 51 (#37/49)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78% | 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: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #134/171)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.1 (Estimated · #94/171)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86.4% | 86% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| GPQA-D | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 20.2% | 21.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| HLE w/o tools | 20.2% | 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: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#57/125)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ornith-1.5-9B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Ornith-1.5-9B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 30.6 for Ornith-1.5-9B and 42.1 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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