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Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 62nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 47.5. Its strongest category is knowledge, where it ranks 45th. API pricing starts at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window.

Last verified

Noometry rank
#62 of 354
Index score
47.5
Evidence
Confirmed 37 results
Provider
Alibaba (Qwen)
Released
March 31, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Reasoning
Yes
Context window
1M
Max output
66K
Input price
$0.50 / M
Output price
$3 / M
Blended price
$1.13 / M
Output speed
Not measured
Value
#108 of 219
Knowledge cutoff
April 2025
Input
text, image, video

Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

  1. Coding 40.8
  2. Reasoning 29.3
  3. Math 51.8
  4. Knowledge 56.1
  5. Multilingual 53.3
  6. Instruction Following 75.0
  7. Long Context 45.2
  8. Writing & Preference 62.2
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding40.8#1304
Reasoning29.3#938
Math51.8#543
Knowledge56.1#453
Multilingual53.3#701
Instruction Following75.0#741
Long Context45.2#492
Writing & Preference62.2#823

Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Qwen3.6 Plus places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

Strongest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Knowledge56.1+18.8#45 of 314, top 15%
Math51.8+15.2#54 of 327, top 17%
Long Context45.2+4.2#49 of 296, top 17%

Weakest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Coding40.8+2.1#130 of 340, top 39%
Reasoning29.3+5.7#93 of 350, top 27%
Writing & Preference62.2+8.4#82 of 312, top 27%

Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Qwen3.6 Plus. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
Step 5 Preview#5847.9$1.43—Compare
GLM-5.1#5947.8$2.15—Compare
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o3#6147.5$3.503Compare
Inkling-Small#6346.5$0.64—Compare
GPT-5 Pro#6446.4$41.255Compare
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent#6546.2$1.56—Compare
GLM-5#6646.1$1.5523Compare

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Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

Coding

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
SWE-bench Verified57.9%#29 of 32, top 91%Epoch AI2026-05-14
LMArena WebDev1461#55 of 113, top 49%LMArena2026-10-08
SciCode40.7%#74 of 121, top 62%Epoch AI
LMArena Coding1467#61 of 294, top 21%LMArena2026-10-08
ALE-Bench670.15#72 of 105, top 69%Epoch AI

Agentic & Tool Use

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
Vending-Bench 25,115#28 of 60, top 47%Epoch AI

Reasoning

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
NYT Connections (extended)60.3%#57 of 91, top 63%Lech Mazur benchmarks
CritPt2.9%#69 of 134, top 52%Epoch AI
Chess Puzzles17%#67 of 129, top 52%Epoch AI2026-08-07
Thematic Generalization59.5%#13 of 23, top 57%Lech Mazur benchmarks
LMArena Hard Prompts1449#63 of 297, top 22%LMArena2026-10-08
Mystery Game Puzzles12%#58 of 74, top 79%noneEpoch AI2026-08-27
DTBench81.9%#67 of 151, top 45%Epoch AI
LMCA33.1%#68 of 125, top 55%Epoch AI
Epoch Capabilities Index147.65#63 of 213, top 30%Epoch AI2026-03-31

Math

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)38.2%#53 of 81, top 66%Epoch AI2026-08-30
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)32.3%noneEpoch AI2026-08-29
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%#43 of 173, top 25%Epoch AI2026-08-07
LMArena Math1450#61 of 285, top 22%LMArena2026-10-08
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)26.2%#23 of 68, top 34%Epoch AI2026-05-12
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)8.3%#21 of 55, top 39%Epoch AI2026-05-12

Knowledge

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
GPQA Diamond88.4%#47 of 186, top 26%Epoch AI2026-08-07
SimpleQA Verified44.1%#37 of 77, top 49%Epoch AI2026-08-27
LMArena Expert1454#66 of 273, top 25%LMArena2026-10-08

Multilingual

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1424#70 of 297, top 24%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1477#69 of 285, top 25%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1455#64 of 223, top 29%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena German1452#42 of 231, top 19%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Japanese1389#70 of 211, top 34%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Korean1379#80 of 213, top 38%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1434#62 of 283, top 22%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1432#81 of 226, top 36%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1425#67 of 298, top 23%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
CL-bench20.3%#7 of 19, top 37%Epoch AI
LMArena Longer Query1439#65 of 291, top 23%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1437#69 of 297, top 24%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1404#70 of 295, top 24%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Multi-Turn1438#74 of 295, top 26%LMArena2026-10-08

API pricing by provider

RouteInput $/MOutput $/MCached input $/MChecked
alibaba$0.50$3$0.052026-10-10
openrouter$0.33$1.95—2026-10-10
together$0.50$3—2026-10-10

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Frequently asked questions

How good is Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 62nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 47.5. Its strongest category is knowledge, where it ranks 45th. API pricing starts at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window.

How much does Qwen3.6 Plus cost?

Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens on Alibaba (Qwen)'s own API, with cached input at $0.05.

What is Qwen3.6 Plus's context window?

Qwen3.6 Plus accepts up to 1M tokens of input and can write up to 66K tokens in one response.

Is Qwen3.6 Plus open source?

No. Qwen3.6 Plus is proprietary and available only through Alibaba (Qwen)'s API and partner platforms.

What are Qwen3.6 Plus's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Qwen3.6 Plus places best in knowledge, math, long context and lowest in coding, reasoning, writing & preference.

What is Qwen3.6 Plus best at?

Its best category is knowledge, where it ranks 45th on Noometry.