Math
Directional only- Llama 4 Maverick
- 0.7
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 60.5
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 4 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Updated August 18, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score, 64.79 versus 22.76, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
1 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.
Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documented
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 Shared
43 Qwen3.6 Plus only
- Shared results
- 1
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 0
- Qwen3.6 Plus only
- 43
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Agentic
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 61.6
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Coding
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 70.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 62.0
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 57.1
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 4 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 84.7
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 79.8
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 82.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 Plus | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 0.7 | 60.5 | Directional only1 vs 4 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | Not measured | 61.6 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | Not measured | 70.3 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not measured | 62.0 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | Not measured | 57.1 | Not comparable0 vs 4 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | 84.7 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | 79.8 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not measured | 82.3 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Math
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.6 Plus
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Llama 4 Maverick
1M
Qwen3.6 Plus
1M
API model ID
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Llama 4 Maverick
No comparable hosted API rate
Qwen3.6 Plus
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Provider availability
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Llama 4 Maverick
Non-Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Plus
Reasoning
Weight access
Llama 4 Maverick
Open Weight
Qwen3.6 Plus
Proprietary
License
Llama 4 Maverick
Open Weight
Qwen3.6 Plus
Proprietary
Release date
Llama 4 Maverick
2026-02-28
Qwen3.6 Plus
2026-04-02
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score, 64.79 versus 22.76, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Self-host vs API cost
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
Llama 4 Maverick
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,610
Break-even—
Qwen3.6 Plus
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence44 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus61.6%SourceNot directly comparable
Claw-Eval
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus58.8%SourceNot directly comparable
QwenClawBench
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus57.2%SourceNot directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus70.7%SourceNot directly comparable
VITA-Bench
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus44.3%SourceNot directly comparable
DeepPlanning
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus41.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Toolathlon
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus39.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus48.2%SourceNot directly comparable
MCP-Tasks
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus74.1%SourceNot directly comparable
WideResearch
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus74.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Gert Labs
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus50.60%SourceNot directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus18.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%SourceNot directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus56.6%SourceNot directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus73.8%SourceNot directly comparable
LiveCodeBench v6
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus87.1%SourceNot directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus25.56%SourceNot directly comparable
EEBench
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus12.7%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
GPQA
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus90.4%SourceNot directly comparable
SuperGPQA
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus71.6%SourceNot directly comparable
MMLU-Pro
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus88.5%SourceNot directly comparable
MMLU-Redux
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus94.5%SourceNot directly comparable
C-Eval
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus93.3%SourceNot directly comparable
HLE
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus28.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Math
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Shared sourceLlama 4 Maverick0.690%Qwen3.6 Plus26.207%Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result
AIME26
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus95.3%SourceNot directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2025
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus96.7%SourceNot directly comparable
HMMT Nov 2025
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus94.6%SourceNot directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2026
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus87.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MMAnswerBench
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus83.8%SourceNot directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus8.333%SourceNot directly comparable
Multilingual
Multimodal
MMMU
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%SourceNot directly comparable
MMMU-Pro
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MathVision
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus88.0%SourceNot directly comparable
VideoMMMU
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus84.0%SourceNot directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus68.2%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus81.5%SourceNot directly comparable
V*
Llama 4 Maverick—Qwen3.6 Plus96.9%SourceNot directly comparable
Instruction following
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score, 64.79 versus 22.76, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.
Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 Plus?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 Plus?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
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Last updated August 18, 2026
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