Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #181 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 35.5.

Side by side

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.851.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked1429

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13141471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts12991457
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math12981465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert12891478
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12651437
LMArena Chinese13141487
LMArena Russian12711445
LMArena French—1449
LMArena German1231—
LMArena Japanese1207—
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following12751438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query12921457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkQwen2.5 Plus 1127Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text12991447
LMArena Creative Writing12621435
LMArena Multi-Turn12991456

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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