# Qwen3.5-27B vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-27b-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5-27B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 43.76 | 54.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.5 (Estimated · #74/117)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 41.6% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| BrowseComp | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.41% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.4 (Estimated · #86/142)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 46.9 (Supported · #47/142)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 52.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 82.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 93.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 42.3 (Supported · #87/168)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 65.6% | 73.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| GPQA | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 91.5 (#13/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 Qwen3.5-27B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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