# Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate 64.23 to 47.95. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 28 for Qwen3.6-27B and 59.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AndroidWorld in Agentic, with scores of 70.3% and 84.5%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 47.95 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 39 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 28 (Supported · #92/123)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | 1487 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 70.3% | 84.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Gert Labs | 54.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 51.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 35.8 (Supported · #74/146)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.3% | 81% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5% | 62.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 83.9% | 91.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| NL2Repo | 36.2% | 48.1% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 70.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 79.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 67.3 (#38/54)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 82.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 84.1% | 88.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| DynaMath | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MStar | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 78.4% | 90.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| 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% | 72.3% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| 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 |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 76.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 46.9 (Estimated · #86/177)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 66% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 87.8% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| HLE | 24% | 35.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.4 (#52/127)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 28 for Qwen3.6-27B and 59.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

### 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 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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