Model comparison

Qwen3.5 Plus vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 Plus scores higher in 4 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.7% for Qwen3.5 Plus and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
  • Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.5 Plus and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Qwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index42.933.0
Released2026-02-162024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$2.40—
Results tracked1514

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding—1235
ALE-Bench621.92—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Vending-Bench 20.54—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Chess Puzzles22%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1220
Mystery Game Puzzles17%—
DTBench80.5%—
LMCA36.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.78—

Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%4.4%
LMArena Math—1242
MATH Level 5—42.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)21%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond84.8%46.3%
SimpleQA Verified25.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English—1236
LMArena Chinese—1249
LMArena Russian—1246

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following—1233

Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
CL-bench19.8%—
CL-bench Life12.4%—
LMArena Longer Query—1224

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 PlusTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text—1256
LMArena Creative Writing—1231
LMArena Multi-Turn—1252

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5 Plus better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Plus and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Plus has 15 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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