# Qwen3.5 397B vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.5 397B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-397b-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads overall 54.95 to 51.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 73.5 for Qwen3.5 397B and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 52.5% and 65.4%.
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.60 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 52.5% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| BrowseComp | 62% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 56.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 51.8% | 59.0% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| τ³-bench results | 68.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 36.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 46.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 46.76% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 14.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 50.9% | 57.3% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| 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: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 61 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 63.9 (#28/50)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 70.4% | 73.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 94.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 93% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 28.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 69.7 (#5/12)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 0 (#124/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 397B public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 94.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 80.9% | 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

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5 397B or Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5 397B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 73.5 for Qwen3.5 397B and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5 397B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5 397B currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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