Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen Plus vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.0

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 47.8 to 27.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 70% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $2 for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.142.0
Released2024-01-252026-02-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$2
Results tracked2028

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Coding13281410
LMArena WebDev—1254
SciCode—29.3%

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Hard Prompts13171400
DTBench81.1%80%
LMCA24%29.5%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.3%—
CritPt—0.6%
Chess Puzzles—10%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.52

Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202517.8%70%
LMArena Math13261404
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56%
MATH Level 565.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond48.1%83.5%
LMArena Expert13281408
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.5%

Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English13101378
LMArena Chinese13471457
LMArena Japanese12511325
LMArena Russian13231376
LMArena French—1412
LMArena German—1367
LMArena Korean—1356
LMArena Spanish—1392

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following13031379

Long Context Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query13241389

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Text13261395
LMArena Creative Writing12931346
LMArena Multi-Turn13361390

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $2.

Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.

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