Model comparison
Claude Mythos 5 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Head-to-head evidence from 7 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
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
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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 | Claude Mythos 5 | Δ | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Claude Mythos 587.0 | Margin← 35.5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5 |
| Multimodal | Claude Mythos 593.5 | Margin← 17.2 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3 |
| Knowledge | Claude Mythos 568.5 | Margin← 17.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.4 |
| Coding | Claude Mythos 589.7 | Margin← 15.9 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8 |
| Math | Claude Mythos 597.6 | Margin← 9.4 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2 |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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HLE
KnowledgeA 64.5%B 21.4%Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 43.1HLE: Claude Mythos 5 scored 64.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 21.4%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
Terminal-Bench 2.0
AgenticA 88%B 51.5%Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 36.5Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Mythos 5 scored 88%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 51.5%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
SWE-bench Pro
CodingA 80.3%B 49.5%Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 30.8SWE-bench Pro: Claude Mythos 5 scored 80.3%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 49.5%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
SWE-bench Verified
CodingA 95.5%B 73.4%Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 22.1SWE-bench Verified: Claude Mythos 5 scored 95.5%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 73.4%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
CharXiv
MultimodalA 93.5%B 78%Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 15.5CharXiv: 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.
| Metric | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Mythos 5$10 input / $50 output | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Mythos 5Not available | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Mythos 5Not available | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Mythos 51M+ | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B262K | Claude Mythos 5 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
AgenticClaude Mythos 5 wins18 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 1397 | Not 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 | — | 1049 | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 42.65% | Not comparable |
CodingClaude Mythos 5 wins8 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
KnowledgeClaude Mythos 5 wins12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 wins6 benchmarks
Multilingual1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE MultilingualSource | 92.2% | — | Not comparable |
MultimodalClaude Mythos 5 wins17 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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