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Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs Llama 4 Scout

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 21 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.5-35B-A3B Released 24 Feb 2026 · $0.16 in · $1.30 out
MetaLlama 4 Scout Released 5 Apr 2025 · $0.18 in · $0.59 out
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B wins 19Llama 4 Scout wins 2

Of the 21 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Meta, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout? The short answer

Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 19.3 against 8.1). Pick Llama 4 Scout if cost matters more: it costs 37% less per token.

  • Llama 4 Scout is cheaper: $0.28 against $0.45 per million tokens, 37% less.
  • Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 19.3 against 8.1.
  • Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 5 Apr 2025 for Llama 4 Scout.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge and writing; Llama 4 Scout for sticking to the facts.

Head to head

19.3
Intelligence Index
8.1
$0.45
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.28
262,144
Context window, tokens
1,310,720

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.5-35B-A3BLlama 4 Scout
Price per million tokens$0.16 in · $1.30 out$0.18 in · $0.59 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.45$0.28
Cheapest host, blended$0.25 (Darkbloom, FP4)$0.15 (DeepInfra, FP8)
Intelligence Index19.38.1
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second–46
Context window262,144 tokens1,310,720 tokens
Released24 Feb 2026 (newer)5 Apr 2025
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinathe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 116 of 164 150 of 164
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 92 of 198 167 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 108 of 188 164 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 112 of 152 47 of 152

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3.5-35B-A3BLlama 4 Scout
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 147 · 231 of 387 measured 1,394 1,322
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 139 · 225 of 380 measured 1,403 1,316
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 163 · 223 of 385 measured 1,342 1,289
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 108 · 197 of 243 measured 19.3 8.1
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 84 · 185 of 231 measured 84.5% 58.7%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 106 · 221 of 242 measured 21.0% 3.8%
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 97 · 169 of 230 measured 42.6think-prefill reasoning 26.7
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 83 · 99 of 230 measured 17.0%no reasoning 19.0%
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 151 · 66 of 230 measured 0.33no reasoning 0.36
Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results
Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 62 · 38 of 104 measured 10.5% 7.7%
Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 65 of 104 measured 99.8% 99.0%
Show all 21 results (10 more)
MeasureQwen3.5-35B-A3BLlama 4 Scout
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 134 · 228 of 338 measured 1,419 1,308
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 140 · 237 of 387 measured 1,386 1,299
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 155 · 224 of 386 measured 1,363 1,305
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 72 · 118 of 130 measured 40.8%no reasoning 3.7%
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 107 · 117 of 121 measured 4.9%no reasoning 3.3%
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 79 · 124 of 131 measured 37.0no reasoning 8.2
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 39 · 138 of 195 measured 72.5% 39.5%
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 99 · 190 of 233 measured 72.0% 27.7%
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 74 · 175 of 190 measured 26.5% 1.5%
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 45 · 176 of 193 measured 89.2% 15.5%

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.5-35B-A3B better than Llama 4 Scout?

Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 19.3 against 8.1). Pick Llama 4 Scout if cost matters more: it costs 37% less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper: $0.28 against $0.45 per million tokens, 37% less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 116 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 150 for Llama 4 Scout.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 92 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 167 for Llama 4 Scout.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 108 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 164 for Llama 4 Scout.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout ranks 47 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 112 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout: 1,310,720 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

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