# Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-35b-a3b-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 47.02 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.5 (Estimated · #68/105)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 30.9 (Estimated · #91/135)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.2% | 53.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-Rebench | 53.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 40.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 38.9 (Supported · #95/160)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.3% | 68.1% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SuperGPQA | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 84.2% | 57.3% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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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