# Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-35b-a3b-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 13, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 16
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus 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

- Qwen3.6 Plus leads overall 53.66 to 45.86.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 26.5 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and 40.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 28.96% and 50.60%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 45.86 | 53.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 20 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 33.1 (Estimated · #80/123)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #79/123)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 40.5% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| BrowseComp | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 54.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 28.96% | 50.60% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.5 (Estimated · #101/148)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.5 (Supported · #64/148)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.2% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 74.6% | 87.1% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-Rebench | 53.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 40.5% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 65.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 59% | 62% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 64.6 (#42/54)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.4% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMVU | 72.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.1% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| CharXiv | 77.5% | 81.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MathVision | 83.9% | 88.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| V* | 92.7% | 96.9% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 43.3 (Supported · #103/180)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #66/180)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.3% | 88.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SuperGPQA | 63.4% | 71.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA | 84.2% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 83.8 (#11/17)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 81% | 84.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.8 (#32/127)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/127)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.9% | 94.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.246% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 26.5 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and 40.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

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

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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