# Qwen3 235B 2507 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3 235B 2507 and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-235b-2507-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B 2507 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 235B 2507 leads overall 71 to 53.78.
- The clearest category separation is in multilingual, where the averages are 79.5 for Qwen3 235B 2507 and 93.8 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench v6 in Coding, with scores of 51.8% and 87.1%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 53.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #83/128)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 Atlas | Coming soon | 48.2% | 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
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #66/150)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 51.8% | 87.1% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #66/184)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 77.5% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SuperGPQA | 62.6% | 71.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro | 83% | 88.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SimpleQA | 54.3% | Coming soon | 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: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: 79.5 (#13/17)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 79.4% | 84.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#47/148)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.7% | 94.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 70.3% | 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, Qwen3 235B 2507 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3 235B 2507 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3 235B 2507 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in multilingual, where the averages are 79.5 for Qwen3 235B 2507 and 93.8 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 235B 2507 cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 235B 2507 currently has 8 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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