# Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.5 397B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3.5 397B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-35b-a3b-vs-qwen3-5-397b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5 397B 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

- Qwen3.5 397B leads overall 51 to 47.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 87.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and 0 for Qwen3.5 397B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 28.96% and 46.76%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 47 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.60 / $3.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 40.5% | 52.5% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| BrowseComp | 61% | 62% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| OSWorld-Verified | 54.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 28.96% | 46.76% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 56.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 68.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 37.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 36.3% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 46.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 14.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.2% | 76.2% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| SWE-Rebench | 53.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 61 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 59% | 63.2% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 63.9 (#28/50)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 72.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 83.9% | 88.6% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| V* | 92.7% | 95.8% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.3% | 87.8% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| SuperGPQA | 63.4% | 70.4% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| GPQA | 84.2% | 88.4% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.9% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Qwen3.5 397B
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 69.7 (#5/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 81% | 84.7% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 0 (#124/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.9% | 92.6% | Qwen3.5 397B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.5 397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 94.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Qwen3.5 397B?

Qwen3.5 397B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3.5 397B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 87.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and 0 for Qwen3.5 397B.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5 397B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5 397B currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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