# Claude Opus 4.5 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-5-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Opus 4.5 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads overall 54.95 to 54.89.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 57.9 for Claude Opus 4.5 and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is QwenClawBench in Agentic, with scores of 52.3% and 59.0%.
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 54.89 | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 45 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 31.2 (Estimated · #78/117)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| OSWorld-Verified | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 52.3% | 59.0% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| τ³-bench results | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 23.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 26.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 42.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 71.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 50.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 32.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 42.6 (Estimated · #56/143)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.1% | 57.3% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SWE Multilingual | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 43.2% | 42.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 73.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 24.5 (#48/50)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 74.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 68.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 45.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 67.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 49.3 (Estimated · #62/169)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 70.6% | 73.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| MMLU-Pro | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 96.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 82.9 (#2/12)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 56.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 30.6 (#114/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 57.9 (#6/7)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 20.690% | 23.103% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | 4.167% | Tie |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.5 or Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 57.9 for Claude Opus 4.5 and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

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

Claude Opus 4.5 currently has 45 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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