# Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Step 5 Preview

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-35b-a3b-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Step 5 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.
- Step 5 Preview has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 43.6 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 41 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.00 / $2.70 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 40.3 (Estimated · #119/154)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | 1397 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 35.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 25.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 62.8% | 85.6% | Step 5 Preview |
| WideResearch | 60.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 42.65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 33.30% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 44.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.8% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 45.2 (Estimated · #92/156)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 29.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 50 (#38/49)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 61.2 (#28/49)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.3% | 76% | Step 5 Preview |
| RealWorldQA | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 81.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 92.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | 50.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #119/186)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 86% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 21.4% | 46.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#58/124)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 90.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Step 5 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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