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

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-35b-a3b-vs-qwen3-max
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3 Max share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3 Max has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.86 | 43.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 46 (Estimated · #89/151)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 54.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 28.96% | 43.74% | Qwen3 Max |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 30.2 (Supported · #168/183)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Estimated · #107/183)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 53.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 3.51% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 67.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 72.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 40 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 55.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

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

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #110/181)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 43.8 (Estimated · #123/181)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.5 (#29/120)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 51.7 (#78/120)

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

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Qwen3 Max?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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