# Qwen3.5-27B vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-27b-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.5-27B leads overall 58.32 to 52.73.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 50.9 for Qwen3.5-27B and 73.7 for Qwen3.6-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 41.6% and 59.3%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 58.32 | 52.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 48.5 (Estimated · #75/151)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 33.9 (Supported · #133/151)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 41.6% | 59.3% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| BrowseComp | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.41% | 54.84% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1487 | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.6-27B
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #139/183)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 42.6 (Supported · #128/183)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.4% | 77.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 70.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 51.5 (#35/48)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 82.3% | 82.9% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMVU | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 93.7% | 94.7% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MStar | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 50.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 48.5 (Supported · #100/181)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #95/181)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.1% | 86.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SuperGPQA | 65.6% | 66% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| GPQA | 85.5% | 87.8% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 24% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 92.6 (#13/120)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.2 (#50/120)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 93.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5-27B or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.5-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen3.6-27B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 50.9 for Qwen3.5-27B and 73.7 for Qwen3.6-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-27B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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