# Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3.5-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-122b-a10b-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 14
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.5-27B leads overall 43.81 to 40.06.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 57 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and 70.6 for Qwen3.5-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 49.4% and 41.6%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 40.06 | 43.81 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 23.1 (Estimated · #84/105)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.2 (Estimated · #62/105)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 49.4% | 41.6% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| BrowseComp | 63.8% | 61% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| OSWorld-Verified | 58% | 56.2% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.41% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 35.7 (Supported · #73/135)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.7 (Estimated · #79/135)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72% | 72.4% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 49.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 52.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.2% | 60.6% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 57 (#34/50)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 70.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 83.9% | 82.3% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| MMVU | 74.7% | 73.3% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| MathVision | 86.2% | 86.0% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| CharXiv | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 93.2% | 93.7% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.5-27B
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 41.5 (Supported · #86/158)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 42.3 (Supported · #81/158)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.7% | 86.1% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| SuperGPQA | 67.1% | 65.6% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
| GPQA | 86.6% | 85.5% | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Tie
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 36.8 (#10/12)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 82.2% | 82.2% | Tie |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B public-lane score: 91.6 (#11/124)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 91.5 (#13/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.4% | 95% | Qwen3.5-27B |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3.5-27B?

Qwen3.5-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3.5-27B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 57 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and 70.6 for Qwen3.5-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-27B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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