# LongCat-2.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-2.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-2-5-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LongCat-2.5 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 53.33 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 83.1% 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 | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 53.33 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.9 (Supported · #89/132)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.1% | 48.2% | LongCat-2.5 |
| JobBench | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 78.3% | 58.8% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #72/158)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 25.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 60.5% | 37.9% | LongCat-2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| 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
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 35.2 (Supported · #103/157)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 54.5 (Estimated · #45/67)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 90.2% | 81.5% | LongCat-2.5 |
| MathVision w/ Python | 96.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | 85.2% | 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 |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.1 (Supported · #70/179)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | 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 |
| 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
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | 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
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#50/157)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62.6 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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, LongCat-2.5 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

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

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-2.5 cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-2.5 currently has 22 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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