# Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 17
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.7 Max leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.7 Max has the higher overall point estimate 63.46 to 49.32. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 45.5 for Qwen3.6-27B and 59.8 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 24% and 41.4%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 49.32 | 63.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 39 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 27.9 (Supported · #86/119)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #60/119)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Claw-Eval | 72.4% | 65.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| QwenClawBench | 53.4% | 64.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| QwenWebBench | 1487 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 54.84% | 64.27% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #72/144)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #54/144)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | 80.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.3% | 78.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LiveCodeBench | 83.9% | 91.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| NL2Repo | 36.2% | 47.2% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 70.0% | 68.8% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 76.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 52.9 (#35/49)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 45.5 (Estimated · #81/171)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #41/171)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | 89.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Redux | 93.5% | 95% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SuperGPQA | 66% | 73.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| C-Eval | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 87.8% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| HLE | 24% | 41.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/16)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 81 (#52/125)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 89.2 (#17/125)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 93.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 90.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.3% | 97.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMAnswerBench | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 45.5 for Qwen3.6-27B and 59.8 for Qwen3.7 Max.

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

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 39 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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