o1 vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Wins 2 of 7 areas
Agents · Facts
Wins 5 of 7 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.5 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.o1 is better at facts.
Scores updated · 21 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 software03Qwen3.5 35B A3B3 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video02Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.5 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3.5 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20o12 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10o11 of 1 test
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.
Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs 97% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.5 35B A3B pulls ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+27.9points ahead
- Math problems shown in pictures and chartsMathVista+14.4points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+14points ahead
Where o1 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+15.8points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+14.4points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+5.9points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 21 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.5 35B A3B
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3.5 35B A3B by 27.941.369.2+27.9
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.5 35B A3B by 13.612.926.5+13.6
- SciCodeQwen3.5 35B A3B by 1.935.837.7+1.9
ReasoningQwen3.5 35B A3B
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.5 35B A3B by 14721+14
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.5 35B A3B by 9.874.784.5+9.8
- CritPttie0.30.9tie
Factso1
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationo1 by 15.830.414.6+15.8
- AA-Omniscience · Accuracyo1 by 14.434.520.1+14.4
Images and chartsQwen3.5 35B A3B
Following instructionsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- IFBenchQwen3.5 35B A3B by 2.270.372.5+2.2
Other results8 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.
- AA-Omniscienceo1 by 37.1-11.1-48.1+37.1
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 26.662.689.2+26.6
- HumanEvalo1 by 21.688.166.5+21.6
- AA Agentic Indexo1 by 19.331.111.8+19.3
- MMLUo1 by 10.791.881.1+10.7
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.5 35B A3B by 4.115.219.3+4.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding Indexo1 by 2.739.737+2.7
- MMMLUo1 by 2.587.785.2+2.5
Questions people ask
Which is better, o1 or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. o1 wins agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; o1 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
o1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs $0.25 and $2.00. That makes Qwen3.5 35B A3B about 97% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 21 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 8 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.