# Qwen3.6-27B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-27B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-74B-Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6-27B leads overall 46.27 to 45.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 72.1 for Qwen3.6-27B and 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 87.8% and 57.3%.
- Qwen3.6-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 46.27 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 39 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #69/105)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 54.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 38.3 (Supported · #67/135)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | 53.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 36.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 70.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 74.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 51.9 (#37/50)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | ZAYA1-74B-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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 44.4 (Estimated · #72/160)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | 68.1% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| 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% | 57.3% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| HLE | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 81 (#52/124)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | ZAYA1-74B-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% | 76.4% | Qwen3.6-27B |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-27B or ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

Qwen3.6-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-27B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 72.1 for Qwen3.6-27B and 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.

### 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 ZAYA1-74B-Preview cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-74B-Preview currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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