Model comparison
Qwen2.5-Max vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen2.5-Max scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 35.3.
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.7 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2025-01-25 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | 64.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 132.53 | 143.93 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 51.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1360 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 67.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| LiveBench | 62.3% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 58.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1369 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| Confabulations | 21.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1382 | — |
| LMArena French | 1396 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1300 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1304 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1377 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 75.3% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1358 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1367 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1339 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 72.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 56.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5-Max better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen2.5-Max or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5-Max and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen2.5-Max has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.