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Qwen3.6-FlashvsQwen3-Max
Qwen3.6-Flash and Qwen3-Max split their 4 shared benchmarks evenly. Qwen3.6-Flash is 6.2x cheaper per token. Qwen3.6-Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
2 – 2
even split
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.6-Flash
6.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6-Flash
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Qwen
Qwen3.6-Flash
Qwen · released 2026-04-16
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 0 only Qwen3.6-Flash · 1 only Qwen3-Max| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-Flash | Qwen3-Max | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% ↗epoch | 72.6% ↗epoch | +10.7 pt | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 17.2% ↗epoch | 18.9% ↗epoch | -1.7 pt | Qwen3-Max |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 84.4% ↗epoch | 73.3% ↗epoch | +11.1 pt | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| SimpleQA Verified | 15.9% ↗epoch | 48.7% ↗epoch | -32.8 pt | Qwen3-Max |
| Only Qwen3.6-Flash reports · 0 | ||||
| Qwen3.6-Flash reports nothing Qwen3-Max does not. | ||||
| Only Qwen3-Max reports · 1 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 69.6% ↗ | — | — |
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-Max 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-Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.165 ↗ | $1.2 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $0.99 ↗ | $6 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.12 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.16 | $7.2 | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision | text | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2025-09-23 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 5 | — |
Reliability
Qwen status
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