Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
o1
59
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
72
Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Knowledge
+1.8 difference
o1
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
$15 / $60
N/A
98 t/s
N/A
32.29s
N/A
200K
256K
Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 72 to 59. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o1.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 72 to 59.
o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.7 versus 73.9. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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