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Qwen3.6-PlusvsQwen3.8-Max
Qwen3.8-Max leads 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.6-Plus is 3.4x 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 – 5
Qwen3.8-Max leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.6-Plus
3.4x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Qwen
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen · released 2026-08-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 1 only Qwen3.6-Plus · 3 only Qwen3.8-Max| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-Plus | Qwen3.8-Max | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 88.4% ↗epoch | 92.6% ↗ | -4.2 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| LMArena Elo | 1436.7 ↗ | 1480.6 ↗ | -43.9 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 38.2% ↗epoch | 74.7% ↗epoch | -36.5 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% ↗epoch | 99.4% ↗epoch | -6.1 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| SimpleQA Verified | 44.1% ↗epoch | 45.8% ↗epoch | -1.7 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 1 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 57.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.8-Max reports · 3 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 46.3% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 67.7% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 86.6% ↗ | — | — |
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-Plus minus Qwen3.8-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-Plus | Qwen3.8-Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | 131K tokens | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.276 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Output price / 1M | $1.65 ↗ | $4.95 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.93 | $6.6 | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-08-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 6 | 9 | — |
Reliability
Qwen status
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