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DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 27 shared benchmark results across 7 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

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No comparison
65.2/100
4 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) unranked (Not scored); Qwen3.6 Plus #30 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) and Qwen3.6 Plus share 27 comparable benchmark results. 4 of 8 categories are comparable. 21 results are unique to DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max); 33 to Qwen3.6 Plus.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
27
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) only
21
Qwen3.6 Plus only
33
Comparable categories
4 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) makes more sense if mathematics is the priority; Qwen3.6 Plus is the better fit if its strengths line up with your actual workload.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 27 shared benchmark results across 7 evidence categories; 4 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) and Qwen3.6 Plus finish on the same BenchAlign overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The BenchAlign headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) and Qwen3.6 Plus
CategoryDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)ΔQwen3.6 Plus
MathDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)95.2Margin← 34.7Qwen3.6 Plus60.5
AgenticDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)74.5Margin← 12.9Qwen3.6 Plus61.6
KnowledgeDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)60.1Margin← 3.0Qwen3.6 Plus57.1
CodingDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)70.9Margin← 0.6Qwen3.6 Plus70.3
ReasoningDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6 Plus62.0
MultilingualDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6 Plus84.7
MultimodalDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6 Plus79.8
Inst. FollowingDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6 Plus82.3

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)B · Qwen3.6 Plus

  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 37.7%B 28.8%
    Winner: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Δ 8.9
    HLE: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) scored 37.7%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 28.8%. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins this benchmark.

  2. HMMT Feb 2026

    Math
    Source ↗
    A 95.2%B 87.8%
    Winner: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Δ 7.4
    HMMT Feb 2026: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) scored 95.2%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 87.8%. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins this benchmark.

  3. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 67.9%B 61.6%
    Winner: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Δ 6.3
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) scored 67.9%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 61.6%. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins this benchmark.

  4. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 80.6%B 78.8%
    Winner: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Δ 1.8
    SWE-bench Verified: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) scored 80.6%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 78.8%. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins this benchmark.

  5. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 55.4%B 56.6%
    Winner: Qwen3.6 PlusΔ 1.2
    SWE-bench Pro: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) scored 55.4%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 56.6%. Qwen3.6 Plus wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)$0.435 input / $0.87 outputQwen3.6 PlusNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Not availableQwen3.6 PlusNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Not availableQwen3.6 PlusNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)1MQwen3.6 Plus1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 67.9%61.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
BrowseCompSource 83.4%—Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 48.2%—Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 73.6%48.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
GDPval-AASource 13071135DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
ToolathlonSource 51.8%39.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 36.4%27.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
APEX-Agents-AASource 24.3%—Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 96.2%97.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
GDPval-AASource 40.4%31.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA BriefcaseSource 932—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 40.4%—Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 84.4%—Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 38.3%—Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 25.8%—Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 46.2%—Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 64%—Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource —58.8%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource —57.2%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource —70.7%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource —44.3%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource —41.5%Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource —74.1%Not comparable
WideResearchSource —74.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource —50.60%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource —18.0%Not comparable
CodingDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
CodeforcesSource 3206.0—Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.6%78.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
SWE-bench ProSource 55.4%56.6%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
SWE MultilingualSource 76.2%73.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 67.9%—Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 49.93%25.56%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA Coding IndexSource 59.4%54.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA-SciCodeSource 50.0%40.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
LiveCodeBench v6Source —87.1%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
MRCR 1MSource 83.5%—Not comparable
CorpusQA 1MSource 62.0%—Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 66.3%69.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
CritPtSource 12.9%2.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AI-NeedleSource —68.3%Not comparable
LongBench v2Source —62%Not comparable
KnowledgeDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
MMLU-ProSource 87.5%88.5%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
SimpleQASource 57.9%—Not comparable
Chinese-SimpleQASource 84.4%—Not comparable
GPQASource 90.1%90.4%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
GPQA-DSource 90.1%—Not comparable
HLESource 37.7%28.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 44.3%39.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 88.8%88.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA-HLESource 35.9%25.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.0%2.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 43.3%26.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 94.0%32.0%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA Openness IndexSource 50.0%—Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —71.6%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource —94.5%Not comparable
C-EvalSource —93.3%Not comparable
MathDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) wins
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source 95.2%87.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
IMOAnswerBenchSource 89.8%—Not comparable
ApexSource 38.3%—Not comparable
Apex ShortlistSource 90.2%—Not comparable
AIME26Source —95.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source —96.7%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source —94.6%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource —83.8%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source —26.207%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source —8.333%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
MMLU-ProXSource —84.7%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source —57.9%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12641249DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
MMMUSource —86.0%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource —78.8%Not comparable
MathVisionSource —88.0%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource —84.0%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource —68.2%Not comparable
CharXivSource —81.5%Not comparable
V*Source —96.9%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource —78.0%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)Qwen3.6 PlusResult
AA-IFBenchSource 76.5%75.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads
IFEvalSource —94.3%Not comparable
IFBenchSource —75.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) or Qwen3.6 Plus?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) and Qwen3.6 Plus are tied on the BenchAlign overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) or Qwen3.6 Plus?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.1 versus 57.1. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) or Qwen3.6 Plus?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.9 versus 70.3. Inside this category, Vibe Code Bench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) or Qwen3.6 Plus?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 60.5. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2026 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) or Qwen3.6 Plus?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.5 versus 61.6. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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