# Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) 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

- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads overall 63.7 to 47.69.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 72.8 for Qwen3.6-27B and 41.4 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SuperGPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 66% and 73.9%.
- Qwen3.6-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 47.69 | 63.7 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 30.9 (Supported · #140/152)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 59.7 (Estimated · #22/152)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Claw-Eval | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 53.4% | 59.0% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| QwenWebBench | 1487 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 54.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 41.7 (Supported · #107/151)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 57.6 (Estimated · #32/151)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5% | 57.3% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| LiveCodeBench | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 36.2% | 42.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 51.9 (#35/48)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 82.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MStar | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 97.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 62.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 74.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #101/183)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 60.2 (Estimated · #37/183)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 66% | 73.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| C-Eval | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 87.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.4 (#51/123)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 93.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 90.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.1% | 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, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 72.8 for Qwen3.6-27B and 41.4 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

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

Qwen3.6-27B 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 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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