# Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-haiku-4-5-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6 Plus leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher overall point estimate 53.78 to 41.16. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 16.8 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 40 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 41.2% and 86.0%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 41.16 | 53.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $5.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 21.4 (Supported · #107/128)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #83/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| JobBench | 16.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 43.8% | 53.2% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 16.8 (Supported · #126/150)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #66/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| VulcanBench v3 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 41.2% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.6% | 73.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 33.3 (Estimated · #141/184)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #66/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 72.2% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 78.7% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#47/148)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.246% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 16.8 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 40 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Haiku 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Haiku 4.5 currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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