Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Hy3 Preview
62
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
80
Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Agentic
+11.0 difference
Coding
+5.9 difference
Knowledge
+27.2 difference
Hy3 Preview
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
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Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 80 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)'s sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 73.9 against 46.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 54.4% to 65.4%. Hy3 Preview does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 54.4% and 65.4%.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.9 versus 46.7. Hy3 Preview stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Hy3 Preview has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 60 versus 54.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.4 versus 54.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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