Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude Mythos Preview
99
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
72
Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Mythos Preview #1 · Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) unranked
Pick Claude Mythos Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Agentic
+17.0 difference
Coding
+29.7 difference
Knowledge
+1.0 difference
Claude Mythos Preview
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
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1M
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Pick Claude Mythos Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Claude Mythos Preview is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 99 to 72. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude Mythos Preview's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 83.8 against 54.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 77.8% to 57.3%.
Claude Mythos Preview gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
Claude Mythos Preview is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 99 to 72. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 77.8% and 57.3%.
Claude Mythos Preview has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.9 versus 73.9. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Claude Mythos Preview has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 54.1. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Claude Mythos Preview has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.4 versus 65.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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