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Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.7 Max

Updated October 2, 2026. Rank says Qwen3.7 Max is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public point estimate, 63.46 versus 49.32. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. 17 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Alibaba logo

Alibaba

49.32/100

Estimated · Public rank #94

Conditional range 35.0–63.7

Model B
Alibaba logo

Alibaba

63.46/100

Supported · Public rank #43

90% interval 54.0–72.9

Shared results
17
Qwen3.6-27B only
22
Qwen3.7 Max only
24
Like-for-like categories
2 / 8
Estimated: Qwen3.6-27B · Supported: Qwen3.7 Max. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

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.

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public coding point estimate, 45.4 to 36.9, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public agentic point estimate, 39.3 to 27.9, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Qwen3.7 Max has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • 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

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

36.9Qwen3.6-27B45.4Qwen3.7 Max

Like-for-like · BenchAlign v5.8

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

2 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

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.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Like-for-like
Qwen3.6-27B
27.9
Supported · #86/119
Qwen3.7 Max
39.3
Supported · #60/119
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 10 public rows
Reading
Qwen3.7 Max leads · intervals overlap

Coding

Like-for-like
Qwen3.6-27B
36.9
Supported · #72/144
Qwen3.7 Max
45.4
Supported · #54/144
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 10 public rows
Reading
Qwen3.7 Max leads · intervals overlap

Knowledge

Directional only
Qwen3.6-27B
45.5
Estimated · #81/171
Qwen3.7 Max
59.8
Supported · #41/171
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 9 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
Qwen3.6-27B
81.0
#52/125
Qwen3.7 Max
89.2
#17/125
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Qwen3.6-27B
75.5
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Qwen3.7 Max
76.3
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Qwen3.6-27B
52.9
#35/49
Qwen3.7 Max
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Qwen3.6-27B
Not ranked
Qwen3.7 Max
100.0
#1/16
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Qwen3.6-27B
72.1
Unranked · 5 rankable rows
Qwen3.7 Max
81.9
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

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

Qwen3.6-27B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6-27B has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.7 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.6-27B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6-27B has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.7 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.6-27B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Qwen3.7 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Qwen3.6-27B has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.7 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Qwen3.6-27B

262K

Qwen3.7 Max

1M

API model ID

Qwen3.6-27B

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Max

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Qwen3.6-27B

No comparable hosted API rate

Qwen3.7 Max

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Qwen3.6-27B

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Max

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Qwen3.6-27B

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Max

Not sourced

Provider availability

Qwen3.6-27B

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Max

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Qwen3.6-27B

Reasoning

Qwen3.7 Max

Reasoning

Weight access

Qwen3.6-27B

Open Weight

Qwen3.7 Max

Proprietary

License

Qwen3.6-27B

Open Weight

Qwen3.7 Max

Proprietary

Release date

Qwen3.6-27B

2026-04-21

Qwen3.7 Max

2026-05-16

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
Both entries list Alibaba as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
Quality signal
Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public point estimate, 63.46 versus 49.32. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Qwen3.7 Max has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public point estimate, 63.46 versus 49.32. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public coding point estimate, 45.4 to 36.9, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher public agentic tasks point estimate, 39.3 to 27.9, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which costs less, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.7 Max?

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, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 262K.

Self-host vs API cost

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

Qwen3.6-27B
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$429
Break-even—
Qwen3.7 Max
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence63 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.6-27B59.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max69.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • Claw-Eval

    Qwen3.6-27B72.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max65.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.6-27B leads this result

  • QwenClawBench

    Qwen3.6-27B53.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max64.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • QwenWebBench

    Qwen3.6-27B1487
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • AndroidWorld

    Qwen3.6-27B70.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Qwen3.6-27B54.84%
    Qwen3.7 Max64.27%

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • BFCL v4

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max75.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max76.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VITA-Bench

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max47.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/ tools

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max53.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ResearchClawBench

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max18.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max61.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Qwen3.6-27B77.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max80.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • SWE Multilingual

    Qwen3.6-27B71.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max78.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Qwen3.6-27B53.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max60.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.6-27B59.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max69.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • LiveCodeBench

    Qwen3.6-27B83.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max91.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • NL2Repo

    Qwen3.6-27B36.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max47.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Qwen3.6-27B70.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max68.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.6-27B leads this result

  • SciCode

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max53.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OpenHarmony Bench

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max53.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max87.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • MRCRv2

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max90.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CritPt

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max13.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU

    Qwen3.6-27B82.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU-Pro

    Qwen3.6-27B75.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • RealWorldQA

    Qwen3.6-27B84.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • DynaMath

    Qwen3.6-27B85.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MStar

    Qwen3.6-27B81.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    Qwen3.6-27B56.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Qwen3.6-27B78.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • CC-OCR

    Qwen3.6-27B81.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • CountBench

    Qwen3.6-27B97.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • RefCOCO (avg)

    Qwen3.6-27B92.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • ERQA

    Qwen3.6-27B62.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Qwen3.6-27B87.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • VideoMMMU

    Qwen3.6-27B84.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    Qwen3.6-27B86.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • V*

    Qwen3.6-27B94.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • MMLU-Pro

    Qwen3.6-27B86.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max89.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • MMLU-Redux

    Qwen3.6-27B93.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max95%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • SuperGPQA

    Qwen3.6-27B66%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max73.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • C-Eval

    Qwen3.6-27B91.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA

    Qwen3.6-27B87.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max92.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • HLE

    Qwen3.6-27B24%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max41.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max92.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMLU

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max90.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max90.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max89.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max87%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max59.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • INCLUDE

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max86.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MAXIFE

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max89.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PolyMath

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max86.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max94.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • IFBench

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max79.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    Qwen3.6-27B93.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    Qwen3.6-27B90.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Qwen3.6-27B84.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max97.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Max leads this result

  • MMAnswerBench

    Qwen3.6-27B80.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME26

    Qwen3.6-27B94.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • IMOAnswerBench

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max90.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Apex

    Qwen3.6-27B—
    Qwen3.7 Max44.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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Last updated October 2, 2026