# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Qwen3.5 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3.5 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-qwen3-5-plus
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 Plus only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.6 leads overall 63.61 to 48.92.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 39.3 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 57.57% and 15.74%.
- Qwen3.5 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.61 | 48.92 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 34 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.40 / $2.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.4 (Supported · #44/117)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | 18.5% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #41/142)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | 15.74% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 60.6 (#30/50)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (Estimated · #42/168)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 51 (#79/124)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 Plus public-lane score: 39.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | 21.034% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | 2.083% | Claude Opus 4.6 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Claude Opus 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3.5 Plus?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 39.3 for Qwen3.5 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 34 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5 Plus currently has 4 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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