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Claude Mythos 5 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 6 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

83.93/100
Margin
23.4pts
← winning
60.56/100
3 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Mythos 5 #1 (Supported); Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #47 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Mythos 5 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B share 6 comparable benchmark results. 4 of 8 categories are comparable. 9 results are unique to Claude Mythos 5; 25 to Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
6
Claude Mythos 5 only
9
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only
25
Comparable categories
4 / 8

Pick Claude Mythos 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 6 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 4 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Mythos 5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 83.93 to 60.56. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Mythos 5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 87 against 56.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 88% to 49.4%. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Claude Mythos 5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $10.00 input / $50.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Claude Mythos 5 gives you the larger context window at 1M+, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Mythos 5 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
CategoryClaude Mythos 5ΔQwen3.5-122B-A10B
AgenticClaude Mythos 587.0Margin 30.6Qwen3.5-122B-A10B56.4
CodingClaude Mythos 589.7Margin 17.7Qwen3.5-122B-A10B72.0
MultimodalClaude Mythos 593.5Margin 16.3Qwen3.5-122B-A10B77.2
KnowledgeClaude Mythos 568.5Margin 15.1Qwen3.5-122B-A10B83.6
ReasoningClaude Mythos 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5-122B-A10B60.2
MathClaude Mythos 597.6MarginNo overlapQwen3.5-122B-A10BNot measured
MultilingualClaude Mythos 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5-122B-A10B82.2
Inst. FollowingClaude Mythos 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5-122B-A10B93.4

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 88%B 49.4%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 38.6
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Mythos 5 scored 88%; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scored 49.4%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  2. OSWorld-Verified

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 85%B 58%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 27
    OSWorld-Verified: Claude Mythos 5 scored 85%; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scored 58%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  3. BrowseComp

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 88%B 63.8%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 24.2
    BrowseComp: Claude Mythos 5 scored 88%; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scored 63.8%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  4. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 95.5%B 72%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 23.5
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Mythos 5 scored 95.5%; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scored 72%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  5. CharXiv

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 93.5%B 77.2%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 16.3
    CharXiv: Claude Mythos 5 scored 93.5%; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scored 77.2%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Mythos 5$10 input / $50 outputQwen3.5-122B-A10B$0 input / $0 outputQwen3.5-122B-A10B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Mythos 5Not availableQwen3.5-122B-A10BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Mythos 5Not availableQwen3.5-122B-A10BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Mythos 51M+Qwen3.5-122B-A10B262KClaude Mythos 5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88%49.4%Claude Mythos 5 leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 85%58%Claude Mythos 5 leads
BrowseCompSource 88%63.8%Claude Mythos 5 leads
ExploitGymSource 17.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 93.6%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 20.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 23.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 978Not comparable
CodingClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 95.5%72%Claude Mythos 5 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 80.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88.0%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 45.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 42.0%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
LongBench v2Source 60.2%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 66.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.6%Not comparable
KnowledgeQwen3.5-122B-A10B wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
GPQASource 94.1%86.6%Claude Mythos 5 leads
HLESource 64.5%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 59%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 86.7%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 67.1%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 32.3%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 85.7%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 23.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -39.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 85.5%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
USAMO 2026Source 97.6%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
SWE MultilingualSource 92.2%Not comparable
MMLU-ProXSource 82.2%Not comparable
MultimodalClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
SWE-bench MultimodalSource 54.9%Not comparable
CharXivSource 93.5%77.2%Claude Mythos 5 leads
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 88.9%Not comparable
MMMUSource 83.9%Not comparable
MMVUSource 74.7%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 86.2%Not comparable
V*Source 93.2%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.0%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.5-122B-A10BResult
IFEvalSource 93.4%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 75.7%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 83.93 to 60.56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 88% and 49.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.6 versus 68.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89.7 versus 72. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 56.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.5 versus 77.2. Inside this category, CharXiv is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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