# Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-5-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 13, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- 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 53.66 to 48.26. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 22.9 for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and 74.7 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is VITA-Bench in Agentic, with scores of 17.0% and 44.3%.
- 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 Sonnet 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 48.26 | 53.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 34.1 (Estimated · #78/123)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #79/123)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 17.0% | 44.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Gert Labs | 48.51% | 50.60% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| JobBench | 27.7% | Coming soon | 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 |
| 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 |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.5 (Supported · #64/148)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.0% | 61.6% | 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 |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 22.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 13.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

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

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 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: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #66/180)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83.4% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 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 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

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

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/127)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 36.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 23.860% | 38.246% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.439% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 22.9 for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and 74.7 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

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

Claude Sonnet 4.5 currently has 12 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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