# Composer 2.5 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Composer 2.5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/composer-2-5-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Composer 2.5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Composer 2.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Cursor | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 53.45 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.50 / $2.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Composer 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Composer 2.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.3% | 65.4% | Composer 2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Composer 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 46.4 (Supported · #50/144)

| Benchmark | Composer 2.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.3% | 65.4% | Composer 2.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 72.8% | Composer 2.5 |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 27.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Composer 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Composer 2.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Composer 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Composer 2.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 23.103% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.167% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Composer 2.5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Composer 2.5 vs Composer 2](/compare/composer-2-vs-composer-2-5)
- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs Composer 2](/compare/composer-2-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview)
- [Composer 2.5 vs Composer 2 Fast](/compare/composer-2-5-vs-composer-2-fast)
- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs Composer 2 Fast](/compare/composer-2-fast-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview)

## Explore More

- [Composer 2.5 profile](/models/composer-2-5)
- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) profile](/models/qwen3-6-max-preview)
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