# Qwen3.5-27B vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-27b-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 16
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B leads overall 47 to 43.76.
- The clearest category separation is in multilingual, where the averages are 36.8 for Qwen3.5-27B and 21.1 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 39.41% and 28.96%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 43.76 | 47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.5 (Estimated · #74/117)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 41.6% | 40.5% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| BrowseComp | 61% | 61% | Tie |
| OSWorld-Verified | 56.2% | 54.5% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| Gert Labs | 39.41% | 28.96% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.4 (Estimated · #86/142)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.4% | 69.2% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.9% | 53.7% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 52.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.6% | 59% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 82.3% | 81.4% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| MMVU | 73.3% | 72.3% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| MathVision | 86.0% | 83.9% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| V* | 93.7% | 92.7% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.5-27B
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 42.3 (Supported · #87/168)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.1% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| SuperGPQA | 65.6% | 63.4% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| GPQA | 85.5% | 84.2% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Qwen3.5-27B
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 82.2% | 81% | Qwen3.5-27B |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 91.5 (#13/124)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 95% | 91.9% | Qwen3.5-27B |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in multilingual, where the averages are 36.8 for Qwen3.5-27B and 21.1 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

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

Qwen3.5-27B currently has 16 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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