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Qwen3.6-FlashvsQwen3.6-Plus
Qwen3.6-Plus leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.6-Flash is 1.7x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 4
Qwen3.6-Plus leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.6-Flash
1.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Qwen
Qwen3.6-Flash
Qwen · released 2026-04-16
textvision
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 0 only Qwen3.6-Flash · 2 only Qwen3.6-Plus| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-Flash | Qwen3.6-Plus | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% ↗epoch | 88.4% ↗epoch | -5.1 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 17.2% ↗epoch | 38.2% ↗epoch | -21 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 84.4% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | -8.9 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| SimpleQA Verified | 15.9% ↗epoch | 44.1% ↗epoch | -28.2 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Only Qwen3.6-Flash reports · 0 | ||||
| Qwen3.6-Flash reports nothing Qwen3.6-Plus does not. | ||||
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 2 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1436.7 ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 57.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Qwen3.6-Flash minus Qwen3.6-Plus in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Qwen3.6-Flash | Qwen3.6-Plus | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.165 ↗ | $0.276 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $0.99 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.16 | $1.93 | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Qwen status
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