# Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) vs Sakana Fugu

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-max-preview-vs-sakana-fugu
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and Sakana Fugu share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Sakana Fugu has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Sakana AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.97 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 59.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 46.9 (Supported · #44/135)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.3% | 59% | Sakana Fugu |
| SciCode | 47% | 60.1% | Sakana Fugu |
| NL2Repo | 42.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 70.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 85.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SuperGPQA | 73.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 23.103% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) and Sakana Fugu?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) profile](/models/qwen3-6-max-preview)
- [Sakana Fugu profile](/models/sakana-fugu)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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