GPT-4o vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Facts
Wins 6 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.GPT-4o is better at facts.
Scores updated · 28 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software04Qwen3.6 35B A3B4 of 4 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video04Qwen3.6 35B A3B4 of 4 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02Qwen3.6 35B A3B2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01Qwen3.6 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.6 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3.6 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20GPT-4o2 of 2 tests
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs 87% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.6 35B A3B pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+49.5points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+40.2points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+31.5points ahead
Where GPT-4o pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+12.6points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+4.9points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 28 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.6 35B A3B
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 49.530.980.4+49.5
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3.6 35B A3B by 40.233.273.4+40.2
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.6 35B A3B by 26.58.334.8+26.5
- SciCodeQwen3.6 35B A3B by 3.333.336.6+3.3
ReasoningQwen3.6 35B A3B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.6 35B A3B by 31.552.684.1+31.5
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.6 35B A3B by 20.41.822.2+20.4
- CritPttie00.3tie
FactsGPT-4o
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGPT-4o by 12.662.149.5+12.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGPT-4o by 4.923.718.8+4.9
Images and chartsQwen3.6 35B A3B
- MathVistaQwen3.6 35B A3B by 2561.486.4+25
- CharXiv (RQ)Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 19.258.878+19.2
- MMMU-ProQwen3.6 35B A3B by 18.756.375+18.7
- MMMUQwen3.6 35B A3B by 9.572.281.7+9.5
Following instructionsQwen3.6 35B A3B
- IFBenchQwen3.6 35B A3B by 28.43664.4+28.4
Other results12 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 66.428.995.3+66.4
- VideoMMMUQwen3.6 35B A3B by 22.561.283.7+22.5
- SuperGPQAQwen3.6 35B A3B by 22.342.464.7+22.3
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3.6 35B A3B by 17.724.241.9+17.7
- C-EvalQwen3.6 35B A3B by 147690+14
- AA-OmniscienceGPT-4o by 11.7-10.5-22.2+11.7
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.6 35B A3B by 10.97.318.2+10.9
- MMLU-ProQwen3.6 35B A3B by 10.574.785.2+10.5
- RealWorldQAQwen3.6 35B A3B by 9.975.485.3+9.9
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3.6 35B A3B by 6.68.415+6.6
- MMLU-ReduxQwen3.6 35B A3B by 5.38893.3+5.3
- AI2DGPT-4o by 1.594.292.7+1.5
Questions people ask
Which is better, GPT-4o or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. GPT-4o wins facts.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B. It wins 4 of the 4 coding tests both models report; GPT-4o wins none.
Which is cheaper?
GPT-4o costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.38 and $2.25. That makes Qwen3.6 35B A3B about 87% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 28 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 16 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.