Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)
87
Qwen3.6 Plus
74
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) #2 · Qwen3.6 Plus #10
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Agentic
+12.4 difference
Coding
+11.1 difference
Knowledge
+0.1 difference
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)
Qwen3.6 Plus
$1.74 / $3.48
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Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 87 to 74. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)'s sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 74 against 61.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 37.7% to 28.8%.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 87 to 74. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 37.7% and 28.8%.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.1 versus 66. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 64.8. Inside this category, Vibe Code Bench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 74 versus 61.6. Inside this category, MCP Atlas is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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