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Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Updated October 20, 2026. Rank cannot separate these two. Price, access, and your workload decide. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 53.75 versus 53.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner. 29 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

53.75/100

Supported · Public rank #76

90% interval 44.1–63.4

Model B
Alibaba logo

Alibaba

53.74/100

Supported · Public rank #77

90% interval 42.7–64.8

Shared results
29
Qwen3.6 Plus only
20
Qwen3.7 Plus only
24
Like-for-like categories
4 / 8
Supported: Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3.7 PlusHow 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.

  • Agentic work

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

    Qwen3.7 Plus

    Qwen3.7 Plus has the higher public agentic point estimate, 35.1 to 34.4, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Qwen3.7 Plus is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    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

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.

40.0Qwen3.6 Plus40.3Qwen3.7 Plus

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8

Qwen3.7 Plus 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 Plus
34.4
Supported · #85/131
Qwen3.7 Plus
35.1
Supported · #83/131
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 13 vs 11 public rows
Reading
Qwen3.7 Plus leads · intervals overlap

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Qwen3.6 Plus
76.1
#21/55
Qwen3.7 Plus
82.0
#16/55
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Multilingual

Like-for-like
Qwen3.6 Plus
93.8
#4/17
Qwen3.7 Plus
95.7
#3/17
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Instruction following

Like-for-like
Qwen3.6 Plus
85.8
#47/149
Qwen3.7 Plus
92.8
#17/149
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Coding

Directional only
Qwen3.6 Plus
40.0
Supported · #67/152
Qwen3.7 Plus
40.3
Estimated · #66/152
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 9 vs 7 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Qwen3.6 Plus
53.4
Supported · #68/187
Qwen3.7 Plus
53.7
Estimated · #67/187
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 8 vs 7 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Plus
73.9
Unranked · 4 rankable rows
Qwen3.7 Plus
80.0
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Plus
69.5
#6/12
Qwen3.7 Plus
64.3
Unranked · 4 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 3 vs 2 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 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.7 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.7 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

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

Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Qwen3.7 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.7 Plus 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 Plus

1M

Qwen3.7 Plus

1M

API model ID

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Plus

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 Plus

No comparable hosted API rate

Qwen3.7 Plus

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Plus

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Plus

Not sourced

Provider availability

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.7 Plus

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Qwen3.6 Plus

Reasoning

Qwen3.7 Plus

Reasoning

Weight access

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Qwen3.7 Plus

Proprietary

License

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Qwen3.7 Plus

Proprietary

Release date

Qwen3.6 Plus

2026-04-02

Qwen3.7 Plus

2026-06-03

If you are considering the documented upgrade path

Deployment change
Both entries list Alibaba as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
Quality signal
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 53.75 versus 53.74, but the 90% score intervals 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.

Questions

Which is better, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 53.75 versus 53.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher for coding on the public lane, 40.3 to 40. Qwen3.7 Plus is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the higher public agentic tasks point estimate, 35.1 to 34.4, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which costs less, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.7 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, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

Benchmark evidence

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

Browse raw public benchmark evidence73 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.6 Plus61.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus70.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • Claw-Eval

    Qwen3.6 Plus58.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus62.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • QwenClawBench

    Qwen3.6 Plus57.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus61.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • τ³-bench results

    Qwen3.6 Plus70.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • VITA-Bench

    Qwen3.6 Plus44.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus45.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • DeepPlanning

    Qwen3.6 Plus41.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus62.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • Toolathlon

    Qwen3.6 Plus39.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Qwen3.6 Plus48.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus73.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • MCP-Tasks

    Qwen3.6 Plus74.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    Qwen3.6 Plus74.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    Qwen3.6 Plus50.60%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • ResearchClawBench

    Qwen3.6 Plus18.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Qwen3.6 Plus53.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus52.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • BFCL v4

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus72.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OSWorld-Verified

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus73.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AndroidWorld

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus81.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OSWorld 2.0

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus2.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus77.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Qwen3.6 Plus56.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus57.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • SWE Multilingual

    Qwen3.6 Plus73.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus75.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Qwen3.6 Plus87.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus89.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • NL2Repo

    Qwen3.6 Plus37.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus41.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.6 Plus61.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus70.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • Vibe Code Bench

    Qwen3.6 Plus25.56%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Qwen3.6 Plus73.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • SciCode

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus51.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • AI-Needle

    Qwen3.6 Plus68.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • LongBench v2

    Qwen3.6 Plus62%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • CritPt

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus9.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MRCRv2

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus91.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU

    Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU-Pro

    Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus79%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • MathVision

    Qwen3.6 Plus88.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus90.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • VideoMMMU

    Qwen3.6 Plus84.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus85.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Qwen3.6 Plus68.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus79.0%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • CharXiv

    Qwen3.6 Plus81.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus85.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • V*

    Qwen3.6 Plus96.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • ERQA

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus69.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (MM)

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus71.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus81.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMSearch-Plus

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus41.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • RealWorldQA

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus86.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OmniDocBench 1.5

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus91.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OCRBench V2

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus70.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ODINW13

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus51.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus88.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus87.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Qwen3.6 Plus90.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus90.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • SuperGPQA

    Qwen3.6 Plus71.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus71.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro

    Qwen3.6 Plus88.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus88.5%
    Source

    Tie

  • MMLU-Redux

    Qwen3.6 Plus94.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus94.5%
    Source

    Tie

  • C-Eval

    Qwen3.6 Plus93.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Qwen3.6 Plus28.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus34.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Qwen3.6 Plus87.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Qwen3.6 Plus87.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus90.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMLU

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus89.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Qwen3.6 Plus84.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus85.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • NOVA-63

    Qwen3.6 Plus57.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus58.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • INCLUDE

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus83.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MAXIFE

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus88.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PolyMath

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus84.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    Qwen3.6 Plus94.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus94.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • IFBench

    Qwen3.6 Plus75.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus79.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

Math

  • AIME26

    Qwen3.6 Plus95.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    Qwen3.6 Plus96.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    Qwen3.6 Plus94.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Qwen3.6 Plus87.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus92.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • MMAnswerBench

    Qwen3.6 Plus83.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.7 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    Qwen3.6 Plus38.246%
    Qwen3.7 Plus34.386%

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • IMOAnswerBench

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus86.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Apex

    Qwen3.6 Plus—
    Qwen3.7 Plus22.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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