# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MAI-Thinking-1 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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 52.27 | 63.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 60.1 (Estimated · #26/151)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 57.8 (Estimated · #33/183)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | 57.3% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 60.6 (Estimated · #40/181)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 MAI-Thinking-1 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.

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