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Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 43rd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 51.5. Its strongest category is knowledge, where it ranks 39th. API pricing starts at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

Last verified

Noometry rank
#43 of 354
Index score
51.5
Evidence
Confirmed 29 results
Provider
Alibaba (Qwen)
Released
April 20, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Reasoning
Yes
Context window
262K
Max output
66K
Input price
$1.30 / M
Output price
$7.80 / M
Blended price
$2.92 / M
Output speed
Not measured
Value
#158 of 219
Knowledge cutoff
April 2025
Input
text

Category scores

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

  1. Coding 48.7
  2. Reasoning 41.7
  3. Math 54.1
  4. Knowledge 57.6
  5. Multilingual 54.2
  6. Instruction Following 75.7
  7. Long Context 44.6
  8. Writing & Preference 63.8
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding48.7#543
Reasoning41.7#537
Math54.1#462
Knowledge57.6#393
Multilingual54.2#481
Instruction Following75.7#551
Long Context44.6#611
Writing & Preference63.8#603

Strengths and weaknesses

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

Strongest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Knowledge57.6+20.3#39 of 314, top 13%
Math54.1+17.5#46 of 327, top 15%
Reasoning41.7+18.1#53 of 350, top 16%

Weakest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Long Context44.6+3.7#61 of 296, top 21%
Writing & Preference63.8+10.0#60 of 312, top 20%
Instruction Following75.7+4.4#55 of 305, top 19%

Closest competitors

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

ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
GPT-5.2 Pro#3952.3$57.75—Compare
Gemini 3 Flash Preview#4052.3$1.13—Compare
GLM-5.3-Flash#4151.8$0.24—Compare
Qwen3.7 Max#4251.5$3.75—Compare
GLM-5.2#4451.1$2.1523Compare
GPT-5#4550.9$3.442Compare
Muse Spark#4650.6——Compare
Claude Opus 4.5#4750.5$1013Compare

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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 Verified76.7%#11 of 32, top 35%Epoch AI2026-05-28
LMArena WebDev1482#50 of 113, top 45%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Coding1471#56 of 294, top 20%LMArena2026-10-08

Agentic & Tool Use

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
Vending-Bench 24,254#34 of 60, top 57%Epoch AI

Reasoning

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
SimpleBench63%#16 of 77, top 21%Epoch AI
NYT Connections (extended)74.1%#47 of 91, top 52%Lech Mazur benchmarks
Chess Puzzles20%#61 of 129, top 48%Epoch AI2026-08-07
LMArena Hard Prompts1457#53 of 297, top 18%LMArena2026-10-08
Mystery Game Puzzles19%#46 of 74, top 63%noneEpoch AI2026-08-27
DTBench87.2%#52 of 151, top 35%Epoch AI
LMCA42.5%#41 of 125, top 33%Epoch AI
Epoch Capabilities Index149.24#58 of 213, top 28%Epoch AI2026-04-20

Math

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%#51 of 173, top 30%Epoch AI2026-08-07
LMArena Math1465#47 of 285, top 17%LMArena2026-10-08
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)23.1%#26 of 68, top 39%Epoch AI2026-05-27
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%#35 of 55, top 64%Epoch AI2026-05-28

Knowledge

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
GPQA Diamond87.4%#55 of 186, top 30%Epoch AI2026-08-07
SimpleQA Verified52%#22 of 77, top 29%Epoch AI2026-08-27
LMArena Expert1478#45 of 273, top 17%LMArena2026-10-08

Multilingual

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1437#48 of 297, top 17%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1487#59 of 285, top 21%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1449#70 of 223, top 32%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1445#50 of 283, top 18%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1454#47 of 226, top 21%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1438#51 of 298, top 18%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Longer Query1457#43 of 291, top 15%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1447#48 of 297, top 17%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1435#46 of 295, top 16%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Multi-Turn1456#43 of 295, top 15%LMArena2026-10-08

API pricing by provider

RouteInput $/MOutput $/MCached input $/MChecked
alibaba$1.30$7.80$0.132026-10-10

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Frequently asked questions

How good is Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 43rd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 51.5. Its strongest category is knowledge, where it ranks 39th. API pricing starts at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

How much does Qwen3.6 Max Preview cost?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens on Alibaba (Qwen)'s own API, with cached input at $0.13.

What is Qwen3.6 Max Preview's context window?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 66K tokens in one response.

Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview open source?

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

What are Qwen3.6 Max Preview's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Qwen3.6 Max Preview places best in knowledge, math, reasoning and lowest in long context, writing & preference, instruction following.

What is Qwen3.6 Max Preview best at?

Its best category is knowledge, where it ranks 39th on Noometry.