LFM3-1.7B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Wins 1 of 4 areas
Following instructions
Wins 3 of 4 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.LFM3-1.7B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 9 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the four 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.
Agents 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.
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
- Multi-step tasks using many real software toolsMCP Atlas+30.2points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+20.7points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+15points ahead
Where LFM3-1.7B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+8.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 9 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.6 35B A3B
- SciCodeQwen3.6 35B A3B by 8.128.536.6+8.1
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 6.973.580.4+6.9
ReasoningQwen3.6 35B A3B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.6 35B A3B by 20.763.484.1+20.7
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.6 35B A3B by 157.222.2+15
Other results3 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.
- BFCLv4LFM3-1.7B by 6.471.465+6.4
- IFEvalLFM3-1.7B by 3.696.793.1+3.6
- WebArena-Verifiedtie38.437.6tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, LFM3-1.7B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins three of the four areas where both have results: coding, agents and reasoning. LFM3-1.7B wins following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; LFM3-1.7B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 9 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 6 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 3 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.