Model comparison
Command A vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 40.8 to 17.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 42.5% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper at $1.30 / $7.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1472 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1457 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 87.2% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 42.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.27 |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1476 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1437 |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1456 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper. It lists at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.