# Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-35b-a3b-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 31
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Plus has the higher overall point estimate 53.69 to 43.54. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and 69.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 20.351% and 38.246%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 43.54 | 53.69 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #90/124)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #79/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51.5% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Claw-Eval | 68.7% | 58.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| QwenClawBench | 52.6% | 57.2% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| QwenWebBench | 1397 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 67.2% | 70.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| VITA-Bench | 35.6% | 44.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| DeepPlanning | 25.9% | 41.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Toolathlon | 26.9% | 39.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MCP Atlas | 62.8% | 48.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| WideResearch | 60.1% | 74.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Gert Labs | 42.65% | 50.60% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #89/149)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #64/149)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.4% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.2% | 73.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.5% | 56.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51.5% | 61.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.4% | 87.1% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| NL2Repo | 29.4% | 37.9% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 74.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 66.4 (#40/54)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/54)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.7% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.3% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| RealWorldQA | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 78% | 81.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SimpleVQA | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 81.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 92.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | 50.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 83.7% | 84.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #105/181)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #66/181)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.2% | 88.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SuperGPQA | 64.7% | 71.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| C-Eval | 90% | 93.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA | 86% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HLE | 21.4% | 28.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#58/128)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#45/128)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 58.4 (#10/12)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 90.7% | 96.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 89.1% | 94.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 83.6% | 87.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMAnswerBench | 78.9% | 83.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| AIME26 | 92.7% | 95.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 20.351% | 38.246% | Qwen3.6 Plus |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B or Qwen3.6 Plus?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and 69.5 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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