# Qwen3.5 397B vs Sarvam 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5 397B and Sarvam 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-397b-vs-sarvam-30b
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.5 397B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.5 397B has the higher overall point estimate 55.34 to 28.61. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 79.9 for Qwen3.5 397B and 28.8 for Sarvam 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 76.2% and 34%.
- Sarvam 30B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5 397B also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Sarvam |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 64K |
| Overall Score | 55.34 | 28.61 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 62 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.60 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 43.8 (Estimated · #61/128)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 52.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 69% | 35.5% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| OSWorld-Verified | 62.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 56.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 68.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 36.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 46.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 46.76% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 14.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.2% | 34% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 50.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 69.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 32.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 52.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 74.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond | Coming soon | 66.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 73.6 (#29/54)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 90.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| We-Math | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 67.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 61.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 97.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | 47.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 67.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 53.1 (Estimated · #68/184)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: 27.2 (Supported · #165/184)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.8% | 80% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| MMLU-Redux | 94.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 93% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 28.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 85.1% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/17)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 79.9 (#59/148)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: 28.8 (#140/148)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 76.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 81.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 94.8% | 73.3% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 92.7% | 74.2% | Qwen3.5 397B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 80.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5 397B or Sarvam 30B?

Qwen3.5 397B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5 397B and Sarvam 30B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 79.9 for Qwen3.5 397B and 28.8 for Sarvam 30B.

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

Qwen3.5 397B currently has 62 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Sarvam 30B cover on BenchLM?

Sarvam 30B currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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