# Inkling vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 15
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6 Plus leads overall 53.69 to 52.13.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.3 for Inkling and 69.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 74.1% 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 | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 52.13 | 53.69 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #79/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 48.2% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | 53.2% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | 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 |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #64/149)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 56.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | 73.4% | Inkling |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| CharXiv | 82% | 81.5% | Inkling |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #66/181)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | 28.8% | Inkling |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 87.7% | 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 |

### Multilingual

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

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/128)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | 75.8% | Inkling |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 95.3% | Inkling |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | 38.246% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | Coming soon | 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, Inkling or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.3 for Inkling and 69.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 24 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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