# Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs Qwen3.7 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and Qwen3.7 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-max-preview-vs-qwen3-7-plus
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.7 Plus only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads overall 63.64 to 62.29.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 41.4 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and 78.3 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 65.4% and 70.3%.
- Qwen3.7 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.64 | 62.29 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 52 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 60.1 (Estimated · #26/151)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 37.7 (Supported · #126/151)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | 70.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| QwenClawBench | 59.0% | 61.8% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 2.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 57.8 (Estimated · #33/183)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 53.1 (Estimated · #51/183)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.3% | 57.6% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| SciCode | 47% | 51.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| NL2Repo | 42.9% | 41.1% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | 70.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 72.5 (#18/48)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 71.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 79.0% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MMSearch-Plus | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 9.1% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 60.6 (Estimated · #40/181)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 56.8 (Estimated · #50/181)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SuperGPQA | 73.9% | 71.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 91.1 (#17/120)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 78.9 (#3/12)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 83.0% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | 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 | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and Qwen3.7 Plus?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 41.4 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and 78.3 for Qwen3.7 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Plus currently has 52 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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