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Claude Mythos 5 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 7 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

83.93/100
Margin
32.5pts
← winning
51.47/100
5 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Mythos 5 #1 (Supported); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #104 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Mythos 5 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B share 7 comparable benchmark results. 5 of 8 categories are comparable. 8 results are unique to Claude Mythos 5; 50 to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
7
Claude Mythos 5 only
8
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
50
Comparable categories
5 / 8

Pick Claude Mythos 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 7 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 5 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 51.47. 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 51.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 64.5% to 21.4%.

Claude Mythos 5 gives you the larger context window at 1M+, compared with 262K for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
CategoryClaude Mythos 5ΔQwen3.6-35B-A3B
AgenticClaude Mythos 587.0Margin 35.5Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5
MultimodalClaude Mythos 593.5Margin 17.2Qwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3
KnowledgeClaude Mythos 568.5Margin 17.1Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.4
CodingClaude Mythos 589.7Margin 15.9Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8
MathClaude Mythos 597.6Margin 9.4Qwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2

Decisive benchmark drivers

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

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A · Claude Mythos 5B · Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 64.5%B 21.4%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 43.1
    HLE: Claude Mythos 5 scored 64.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 21.4%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  2. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 88%B 51.5%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 36.5
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Mythos 5 scored 88%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 51.5%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  3. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 80.3%B 49.5%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 30.8
    SWE-bench Pro: Claude Mythos 5 scored 80.3%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 49.5%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  4. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 95.5%B 73.4%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 22.1
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Mythos 5 scored 95.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 73.4%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.
  5. CharXiv

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 93.5%B 78%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 15.5
    CharXiv: Claude Mythos 5 scored 93.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 78%. 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 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Mythos 5$10 input / $50 outputQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Mythos 5Not availableQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Mythos 5Not availableQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Mythos 51M+Qwen3.6-35B-A3B262KClaude Mythos 5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88%51.5%Claude Mythos 5 leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 85%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 88%Not comparable
ExploitGymSource 17.5%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 68.7%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 52.6%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1397Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 67.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 35.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 25.9%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 26.9%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 62.8%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 60.1%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 21.4%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 95.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 27.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1049Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 42.65%Not comparable
CodingClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 95.5%73.4%Claude Mythos 5 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 80.3%49.5%Claude Mythos 5 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88.0%51.5%Claude Mythos 5 leads
SWE MultilingualSource 67.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 80.4%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 29.4%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 41.9%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 35.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
AA-LCRSource 63.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.3%Not comparable
KnowledgeClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
GPQASource 94.1%86%Claude Mythos 5 leads
HLESource 64.5%21.4%Claude Mythos 5 leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 59%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 85.2%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 64.7%Not comparable
C-EvalSource 90%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 31.6%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 84.1%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 20.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -21.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 18.9%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 49.7%Not comparable
MathClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
USAMO 2026Source 97.6%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 90.7%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 89.1%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 83.6%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 78.9%Not comparable
AIME26Source 92.7%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
SWE MultilingualSource 92.2%Not comparable
MultimodalClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
SWE-bench MultimodalSource 54.9%Not comparable
CharXivSource 93.5%78%Claude Mythos 5 leads
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 88.9%Not comparable
MMMUSource 81.7%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 75.3%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource 85.3%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source 89.9%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 58.9%Not comparable
CC-OCRSource 81.9%Not comparable
AI2D_TESTSource 92.7%Not comparable
RefCOCO (avg)Source 92.0%Not comparable
ODINW13Source 50.8%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 86.6%Not comparable
Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source 82.5%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 83.7%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source 86.2%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.0%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5Qwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 64.4%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 83.93 to 51.47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 64.5% and 21.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.5 versus 51.4. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89.7 versus 73.8. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.6 versus 88.2. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Mythos 5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 51.5. 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 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.5 versus 76.3. Inside this category, CharXiv is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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