# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

## Summary

- DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 54.9 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 43.3 (Supported · #57/149)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-deepseek-r1-0528)
- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview)
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- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview)

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- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 profile](/models/deepseek-r1-0528)
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