# Qwen3.5 Flash vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen3.5 Flash 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.
- Qwen3.5 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 45.49 | 54.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.40 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 26.5 (Estimated · #97/135)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 46.9 (Supported · #44/135)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 64.4% | 72.8% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #80/158)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 6.207% | 23.103% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | 4.167% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Qwen3.5 Flash 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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- [Qwen3.5 Flash profile](/models/qwen3-5-flash)
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