# Qwen3.6 Plus vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6 Plus and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-plus-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sage-A1.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate 62.95 to 53.49. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 34.4 for Qwen3.6 Plus and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 75.8% and 81.6%.
- Sage-A1.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | InternScience |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 53.49 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 49 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #86/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 61.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 58.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 57.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 44.3% | 45.4% | Sage-A1.5 |
| DeepPlanning | 41.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 74.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #68/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.6% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.8% | 72.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 37.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 61.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 25.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | 68.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | 62% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/55)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #68/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 94.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 28.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Sage-A1.5
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#49/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 94.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 75.8% | 81.6% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.246% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6 Plus or Sage-A1.5?

Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6 Plus and Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 34.4 for Qwen3.6 Plus and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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