Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Wins 0 of 3 areas
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Wins 3 of 3 areas
Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts
Qwen3.5 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the three 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 reasoning 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 Qwen3.5 35B A3B pulls ahead
- Completes tasks by operating a computer desktopOSWorld-Verified+48.6points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+38.5points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+23.2points ahead
Where Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
Images and chartsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- MMMU-ProQwen3.5 35B A3B by 23.249.572.7+23.2
- MMStarQwen3.5 35B A3B by 12.469.581.9+12.4
- MathVistaQwen3.5 35B A3B by 11.574.786.2+11.5
- MMMUQwen3.5 35B A3B by 11.47081.4+11.4
- OCRBenchv2Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 6.259.165.3+6.2
Other results9 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.
- MATH-VisionQwen3.5 35B A3B by 45.538.483.9+45.5
- ScreenSpot-Pro (No tools)Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 29.239.468.6+29.2
- HumanEvalQwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct by 2591.566.5+25
- LVBenchQwen3.5 35B A3B by 22.44971.4+22.4
- MMLU-ProQwen3.5 35B A3B by 16.568.885.3+16.5
- MBPPQwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct by 13.28470.8+13.2
- CC-OCRQwen3.5 35B A3B by 3.677.180.7+3.6
- MMLUQwen3.5 35B A3B by 2.778.481.1+2.7
- OCRBench v2 (Chinese)Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 2.659.161.7+2.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins all three areas where both have results: agents, reasoning and images and charts. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 7 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 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.