# Qwen3.6-27B vs Spark-X2.6-4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-27B and Spark-X2.6-4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-spark-x2-6-4b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6-27B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6-27B has the higher overall point estimate 48.53 to 40.14. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 78.1 for Qwen3.6-27B and 48.8 for Spark-X2.6-4B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 87.8% and 69.9%.
- Spark-X2.6-4B also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | SparkLLM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 48.53 | 40.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 40 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 29 (Supported · #98/131)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 33 (Estimated · #89/131)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 72.4% | 69.9% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| QwenClawBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | 1487 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 54.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.8% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 62.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 36.9% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 34.7 (Supported · #80/152)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #95/152)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | 62.8% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.3% | 64.7% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5% | 54.3% | Spark-X2.6-4B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 36.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 70.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 78.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 67.3 (#39/55)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | 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: 46.8 (Estimated · #92/187)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #109/187)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | 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% | 69.9% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| HLE | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 17.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.4 (#55/149)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 78.2 (#62/149)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 65.9 (#8/12)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 76.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 93.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 90.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.3% | 81.3% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMAnswerBench | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.1% | 91.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 35.088% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-27B or Spark-X2.6-4B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-27B and Spark-X2.6-4B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 78.1 for Qwen3.6-27B and 48.8 for Spark-X2.6-4B.

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

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Spark-X2.6-4B cover on BenchLM?

Spark-X2.6-4B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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