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Qwen3.5 122B A10B vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B

Alibaba · released

Wins 6 of 7 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions

Alibaba · released

Wins 0 of 7 areas

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Qwen3.5 122B A10B is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper.

Both rank among the ten best models we track in images and charts.

Scores updated · 75 tests both models report · How we compare

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 122B A10B$0.40 to read · $3.20 to write$3.60Price from Alibaba's own price page
Qwen3.5 35B A3B$0.25 to read · $2.00 to write$2.25Price from Alibaba's own price page

Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs 38% 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 Qwen3.5 122B A10B pulls ahead

  • Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+10.4points aheadQwen3.5 122B A10B15.3Qwen3.5 35B A3B4.9
  • Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+10.3points aheadQwen3.5 122B A10B15.7Qwen3.5 35B A3B5.4
  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+6.8points aheadQwen3.5 122B A10B47.6Qwen3.5 35B A3B40.8

Where Qwen3.5 35B A3B pulls ahead

Every test, side by side

All 75 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full coding ranking

AgentsQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full images and charts ranking

Long documentsQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full following instructions ranking

Other results47 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Qwen3.5 122B A10B or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?

Qwen3.5 122B A10B wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins none, but costs 38% less. They are level on facts.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen3.5 122B A10B. It wins 7 of the 8 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins none, and 1 is a tie.

Which is cheaper?

Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs $0.25 and $2.00. That makes Qwen3.5 35B A3B about 38% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 75 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 28 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 47 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.