# Qwen3.5 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-5-flash-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: November 11, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6 Plus leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher overall point estimate 53.37 to 42.31. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 32.6 for Qwen3.5 Flash and 62.3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 18.246% and 38.246%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 42.31 | 53.37 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.40 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.8 (Supported · #89/132)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | 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: Directional only
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Estimated · #113/158)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.3 (Supported · #72/158)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 83.3% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 64.4% | 73.4% | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 35.2 (Supported · #104/158)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 54.5 (Estimated · #45/67)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | 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: Directional only
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 43.7 (Estimated · #101/179)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.2 (Supported · #71/179)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 82.8% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.1% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | 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 |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#50/157)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 32.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62.3 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 18.246% | 38.246% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.5 Flash or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.5 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 32.6 for Qwen3.5 Flash and 62.3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

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

Qwen3.5 Flash currently has 5 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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