Model comparison
Command A vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 47.7 to 36.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 29.5% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1410 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1400 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 80% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 29.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | 10.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1379 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1458 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | 1326 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1354 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1377 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1390 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1379 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1390 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1391 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.