# Qwen3 235B 2507 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3 235B 2507 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-235b-2507-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B 2507 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 235B 2507 leads overall 51 to 47.
- The clearest category separation is in multilingual, where the averages are 1 for Qwen3 235B 2507 and 21.1 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 77.5% and 84.2%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 77.5% | 84.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SuperGPQA | 62.6% | 63.4% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Pro | 83% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: 1 (#12/12)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 79.4% | 81% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3 235B 2507 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3 235B 2507 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3 235B 2507 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in multilingual, where the averages are 1 for Qwen3 235B 2507 and 21.1 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 235B 2507 cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 235B 2507 currently has 4 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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