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o1 vs Qwen3.6-27B

Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

o1

59

VS

Qwen3.6-27B

72

1 categoriesvs0 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: o1 unranked · Qwen3.6-27B #10

Pick Qwen3.6-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Knowledge

o1
75.7vs62.2

+13.5 difference

Operational Comparison

o1

Qwen3.6-27B

Price (per 1M tokens)

$15 / $60

$0 / $0

Speed

98 t/s

N/A

Latency (TTFT)

32.29s

N/A

Context Window

200K

262K

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Qwen3.6-27B 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.

o1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.6-27B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Qwen3.6-27B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 200K for o1.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, o1 or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 72 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 75.7% and 87.8%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o1 or Qwen3.6-27B?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.7 versus 62.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

o1
API / mo$56,250
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Qwen3.6-27B
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$429
Break-even
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: April 22, 2026

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