Model comparison

Qwen3.8 Max vs Ring-2.6-1T

Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#21); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.0

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.8 Max scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 53.4 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 20% for Qwen3.8 Max and 3.7% for Ring-2.6-1T.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.8 Max and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Qwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Ant Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index56.036.3
Released2026-08-022026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked383

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 52.3 (#30), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
SciCode52.9%42.4%
DeepSWE57.5%—
LMArena WebDev1671—
FrontierSWE15.8%—
LMArena Coding1499—
ALE-Bench—432.57

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 42.6 (#17), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
τ²-bench Banking55.1%—
GDP.pdf23.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 53.4 (#26), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
CritPt20%3.7%
NYT Connections (extended)88.3%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1493—
Mystery Game Puzzles38%—
DTBench92%—
LMCA46.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.69—

Math Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 73.1 (#15), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 446.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench58%—
LMArena Math1498—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#25), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified47.3%—
LMArena Expert1504—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 36.9 (#70), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly20%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 56.6 (#18), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1468—
LMArena Chinese1537—
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1489—
LMArena Japanese1466—
LMArena Korean1467—
LMArena Russian1478—
LMArena Spanish1495—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 77.7 (#19), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1478—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.5 (#30), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1486—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 67.0 (#31), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1480—
LMArena Creative Writing1478—
LMArena Multi-Turn1487—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#21); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Qwen3.8 Max or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.3 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 Max and Ring-2.6-1T share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 Max has 38 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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