# Hy4 preview vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Hy4 preview and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/hy4-preview-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 13, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Hy4 preview leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Hy4 preview has the higher overall point estimate 60.86 to 53.66. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 54.5 for Hy4 preview and 33.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 83.7% and 48.2%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Tencent | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.86 | 53.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 30 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 54.5 (Estimated · #37/123)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #79/123)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 83.9% | 74.3% | Hy4 preview |
| DRACO | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.7% | 48.2% | Hy4 preview |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 37.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 61.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 22.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 32.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 55.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | 53.2% | Hy4 preview |
| CWE-bench v1 | 53.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | 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 |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Hy4 preview
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 57.1 (Supported · #26/148)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.5 (Supported · #64/148)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 65.7% | 56.6% | Hy4 preview |
| SWE Multilingual | 82.9% | 73.8% | Hy4 preview |
| DeepSWE | 64.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 58.9% | 37.9% | Hy4 preview |
| ProgramBench | 17.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 35.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | 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
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 16.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 88.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: Directional only
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 63.6 (Estimated · #39/180)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #66/180)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.3% | 90.4% | Hy4 preview |
| GPQA-D | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 55.4% | 28.8% | Hy4 preview |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | 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
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/127)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 74.2% | 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 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.246% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Hy4 preview or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Hy4 preview has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Hy4 preview and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 54.5 for Hy4 preview and 33.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Hy4 preview cover on BenchLM?

Hy4 preview currently has 30 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Hy4 preview vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-hy4-preview)
- [Qwen3.6 Plus vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-qwen3-6-plus)
- [Hy4 preview vs GPT-6.1 Sol](/compare/gpt-6-1-sol-vs-hy4-preview)
- [Qwen3.6 Plus vs GPT-6.1 Sol](/compare/gpt-6-1-sol-vs-qwen3-6-plus)

## Explore More

- [Hy4 preview profile](/models/hy4-preview)
- [Qwen3.6 Plus profile](/models/qwen3-6-plus)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)