Model comparison
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Qwen3 Max
Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #104 (Estimated); Qwen3 Max #128 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen3 Max share 12 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 45 results are unique to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B; 2 to Qwen3 Max.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 12
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
- 45
- Qwen3 Max only
- 2
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen3 Max is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Qwen3 Max has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Δ | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3 MaxNot measured |
| Coding | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3 MaxNot measured |
| Knowledge | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.4 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3 MaxNot measured |
| Math | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3 MaxNot measured |
| Multimodal | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3 MaxNot measured |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | Qwen3 MaxNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | Qwen3 MaxNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | Qwen3 MaxNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B262K | Qwen3 Max1M | Qwen3 Max lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic15 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 51.5% | — | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | 68.7% | — | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | 52.6% | — | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | 1397 | — | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | 67.2% | — | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | 35.6% | — | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | 25.9% | — | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | 26.9% | — | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | 62.8% | — | Not comparable |
| WideResearchSource | 60.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 21.4% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 95.3% | 74.3% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 27.4% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1049 | — | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | 42.65% | 43.74% | Qwen3 Max leads |
Coding9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | 73.4% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | 67.2% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | 49.5% | — | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 51.5% | — | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | 80.4% | — | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | 29.4% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 41.9% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 35.8% | 38.3% | Qwen3 Max leads |
| Vibe Code BenchSource | — | 3.51% | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge11 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-ProSource | 85.2% | — | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | 64.7% | — | Not comparable |
| C-EvalSource | 90% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQASource | 86% | — | Not comparable |
| HLESource | 21.4% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 31.6% | 24.0% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 84.1% | 76.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-HLESource | 20.2% | 11.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -21.4% | -43.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 18.9% | 24.4% | Qwen3 Max leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 49.7% | 89.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
Math5 benchmarks
Multimodal16 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMUSource | 81.7% | — | Not comparable |
| MMMU-ProSource | 75.3% | — | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | 85.3% | — | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBench 1.5Source | 89.9% | — | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | 78% | — | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | 58.9% | — | Not comparable |
| CC-OCRSource | 81.9% | — | Not comparable |
| AI2D_TESTSource | 92.7% | — | Not comparable |
| RefCOCO (avg)Source | 92.0% | — | Not comparable |
| ODINW13Source | 50.8% | — | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | 86.6% | — | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source | 82.5% | — | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | 83.7% | — | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | 86.2% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 75.0% | — | Not comparable |
| Design Arena WebsiteSource | — | 1148 | Not comparable |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 64.4% | 44.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Can I compare Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen3 Max on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
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