Model comparison
Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Qwen3.8 Flash
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); Qwen3.8 Flash does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.47 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Qwen3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 51.1 | 35.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-20 | 2026-08-26 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.30 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.80 | $0.47 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 1 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1482 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1472 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —, Qwen3.8 Flash: 31.2
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 16.6% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,254 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 63% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 87.2% | — |
| LMCA | 42.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.27 | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 91.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1465 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 23.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 52% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1476 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1487 | — |
| LMArena French | 1449 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1444 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1452 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1437 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1457 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview better than Qwen3.8 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); Qwen3.8 Flash does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Max Preview or Qwen3.8 Flash?
Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.8 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Max Preview and Qwen3.8 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Flash has 1.