Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 41.8.
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.3 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1487 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1474 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1534 | — |
| LMArena French | 1484 | — |
| LMArena German | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1476 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.