Model comparison
Qwen3.6 27B vs Step 3
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 36.8.
Side by side
| Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 42.2 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3 leads
Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 37.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1367 |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
| CritPt | 0.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1355 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| DTBench | 78.1% | — |
| LMCA | 34.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.5 | — |
Math Qwen3.6 27B leads
Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 35.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 91.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads
Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1333 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Qwen3.6 27B: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1177 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.6 27B: —, Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1371 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.6 27B: —, Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1332 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.6 27B: —, Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Step 3 leads
Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1321 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1026 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.6 27B better than Step 3?
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.6 27B or Step 3 better for coding?
Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 27B and Step 3 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 27B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.