Model comparison

Aion 3.5 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); Aion 3.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Aion 3.5 AionLabs

57.9

Unranked Sparse

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.1

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Aion 3.5 leads 74.9 to 64.0.
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper at $1.30 / $7.80 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $6 for Aion 3.5.

Side by side

Aion 3.5 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications
Aion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderAionLabsAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index57.951.1
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window262K262K
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$3$1.30
Output $ / M tokens$6$7.80
Results tracked129

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482
LMArena Coding—1472

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1457
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.27

Math Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
LMArena Math—1465
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%
LMArena Expert—1476

Multilingual Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English—1436
LMArena Chinese—1487
LMArena French—1449
LMArena Russian—1444
LMArena Spanish—1452

Instruction Following Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following—1437

Long Context Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query—1457

Writing & Preference Aion 3.5 leads

Aion 3.5: 74.9, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text—1447
LMArena Creative Writing—1435
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1929—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1456

Frequently asked questions

Is Aion 3.5 better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); Aion 3.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Aion 3.5 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper. It lists at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens; Aion 3.5 lists at $3 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Aion 3.5 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Aion 3.5 has 1 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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