# Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs Qwen3.7 Max > Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks. - Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-max-preview-vs-qwen3-7-max - Last updated: October 2, 2026 - Shared sourced benchmarks: 8 - 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 53.45. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. - The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and 81.9 for Qwen3.7 Max. - The biggest single benchmark swing is SciCode in Coding, with scores of 47% and 53.5%. - Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M. ## Model Snapshot | Property | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | |----------|----------|----------| | Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba | | Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | | Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning | | Context | 256K | 1M | | Overall Score | 53.45 | 63.46 | | Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 41 | | Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | ## Category Breakdown ### Agentic - Winner: Not comparable - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #60/119) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max | | QwenClawBench | 59.0% | 64.3% | Qwen3.7 Max | | Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon | | 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 | | Gert Labs | Coming soon | 64.27% | Coming soon | | ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.7% | Coming soon | | Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon | ### Coding - Winner: Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 46.4 (Supported · #50/144) - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #54/144) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | SWE-bench Pro | 57.3% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max | | SciCode | 47% | 53.5% | Qwen3.7 Max | | NL2Repo | 42.9% | 47.2% | Qwen3.7 Max | | Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max | | SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.8% | 68.8% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | | SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon | | SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon | | LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon | | OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon | | LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon | ### Reasoning - Winner: Not comparable - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 76.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon | | CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon | ### Knowledge - Winner: Not comparable - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #41/171) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | SuperGPQA | 73.9% | 73.6% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | | GPQA | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon | | GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon | | HLE | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon | | MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon | | MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | 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 - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/16) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | 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: Not comparable - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 89.2 (#17/125) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon | | IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon | ### Mathematics - Winner: Not comparable - Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows) - Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows) | Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 23.103% | Coming soon | Coming soon | | FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon | | HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon | | IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon | | Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon | ## FAQ ### Which is better overall, Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) 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 Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and Qwen3.7 Max? The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and 81.9 for Qwen3.7 Max. ### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM? Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM. ### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM? 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