Qi35 is the newer of these two, and on paper it's the more advanced club: more materials, an adjustable hosel the standard Qi10 never offered, and a reworked carbon face. Both share the same stock 18-degree loft in the 5-wood. Where they actually diverge is construction, adjustability, and, per real-world testing, how each one behaves in hand.
The scorecard
Same number, different club
Both woods ship at 18 degrees, so the stock spec sheet makes them look nearly identical. The real difference is what happens after that number is set. Qi10's standard 5-wood uses a fixed hosel, TaylorMade kept adjustability exclusive to the Qi10 Tour model that year. Qi35 changes that: every standard-lineup 5-wood gets a 4-degree loft sleeve, moving loft and lie by up to 2 degrees in either direction and face angle by up to 4 degrees, giving a fitter or a curious golfer real room to work without buying into the Tour-level model.
The face construction changed too. Qi10 used TaylorMade's standard Twist Face on a metal insert. Qi35 moved to what TaylorMade calls a Carbon Twist Face, a 60-layer carbon layup replacing metal in that role, part of a broader shift toward more carbon in the head (chromium carbon, steel, and aluminum, versus Qi10's simpler carbon-and-steel build). On paper that's lighter, more precisely tunable mass, and TaylorMade's usual case for it: more forgiveness, more ball speed retention off-center.
Island Greens Pick
On paper, Qi35 is the more advanced club with real adjustability Qi10 never offered at this level and a newer face construction. But more adjustability isn't the same as easier to hit, and that's exactly where these two split for real golfers. If precise, fitter-driven adjustability matters to you, Qi35's sleeve is a genuine advantage. If you just want the simplest, most reliable club to set down and swing, don't assume the newer model is automatically the better fit.
From the bag
Surprisingly, I found the Qi35 a little harder to hit for whatever reason. It still worked fine when I made good contact, but it never felt like an upgrade from the Qi10. The Qi10, by comparison, is very easy to hit and makes a great sound on contact, easily one of my favorite clubs in the bag. All the extra adjustability in the world doesn't matter much if the simpler club is the one I trust over the ball.
The best evidence that both of these are genuinely good clubs, not just old versus new: Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 PGA Championship carrying a Qi10 3-wood and a Qi35 7-wood in the same bag, confirmed by Golf Monthly and Complete Golfer. He, Rory McIlroy, and J.J. Spaun have all continued playing Qi10 in competition even after Qi35 replaced it at retail, and non-contracted players including Adam Scott, Max Homa, and Hideki Matsuyama picked up Qi10 on their own without a sponsorship deal behind it, about as strong a signal as fairway wood reviews get.