Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 22 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 48.7 to 36.6.
Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 Max Preview and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	51.5	45.3
Released	2026-04-20	2026-06-02
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	262K	1M
Max output	66K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$1.30	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$7.80	$1.60
Results tracked	29	32

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding	1471	1473
SWE-bench Verified	76.7%	—
FrontierCode	—	10.2%
LMArena WebDev	1482	—
SciCode	—	45.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0	—	2.8%
Vending-Bench 2	4,254	—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)	74.1%	74.8%
Chess Puzzles	20%	24%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1457	1460
Mystery Game Puzzles	19%	17%
DTBench	87.2%	84%
LMCA	42.5%	37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	149.24	147.37
SimpleBench	63%	—
CritPt	—	9.1%

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	91.1%	93.3%
LMArena Math	1465	1466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	34.4%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	23.1%	—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	4.2%	—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond	87.4%	87.9%
LMArena Expert	1478	1467
SimpleQA Verified	52%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision	—	1279
LMArena Document	—	1444

Multilingual Too close to call

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English	1437	1445
LMArena Chinese	1487	1510
LMArena French	1449	1473
LMArena Russian	1445	1457
LMArena Spanish	1454	1457
LMArena German	—	1471
LMArena Japanese	—	1413
LMArena Korean	—	1415

Instruction Following Too close to call

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1438	1440

Long Context Too close to call

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query	1457	1455

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text	1447	1455
LMArena Creative Writing	1435	1439
LMArena Multi-Turn	1456	1460

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Max Preview or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.

Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Max Preview and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.