# Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-35b-a3b-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ternary Bonsai 2 27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B leads overall 50.78 to 43.85.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 40.2 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and 49.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 73.4% and 60.8%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 43.85 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 41 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 40.2 (Estimated · #119/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 60.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 42.65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #93/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.4% | 60.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 50 (#37/48)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 85.3% | 80.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| 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 |
| CharXiv (overall) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 44.3 (Estimated · #118/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | 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% | 85.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| HLE | 21.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#58/124)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | 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% | 95.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 40.2 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and 49.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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