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Qwen3.6-Max-Preview vs Qwen3.7-Max
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 8 results on 2 sources that measured both models.
Of the 8 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 13 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-13-2e2420e3c5cc).
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview or Qwen3.7-Max? The short answer
Qwen3.7-Max is the newer version; they score about the same at about the same price.
- They cost about the same: $2.31 and $2.21 per million tokens (three input to one output).
- Qwen3.7-Max scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29.5 against 28.4.
- Qwen3.7-Max is newer: released 19 May 2026, against 20 Apr 2026 for Qwen3.6-Max-Preview.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.7-Max does better for reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.6-Max-Preview | Qwen3.7-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $1.03 in · $6.16 out | $1.48 in · $4.42 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $2.31 | $2.21 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | – |
| Intelligence Index | 28.4 | 29.5 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Released | 20 Apr 2026 | 19 May 2026 (newer) |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | China |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.6-Max-Preview | Qwen3.7-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 57 · 53 of 243 measured | 28.4 | 29.5 |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 55 · 21 of 231 measured | 88.8% | 92.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 70 · 39 of 242 measured | 30.8% | 40.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result | ||
| Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 21 · 18 of 76 measured | 52.0% | 55.8% |
Show all 8 results (4 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.6-Max-Preview | Qwen3.7-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results | ||
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 14 · 5 of 195 measured | 76.6% | 80.5% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 33 · 50 of 233 measured | 80.7% | 79.0% |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 23 · 12 of 190 measured | 43.9% | 50.8% |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 12 · 22 of 193 measured | 95.9% | 94.7% |
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.6-Max-Preview better than Qwen3.7-Max?
Qwen3.7-Max is the newer version; they score about the same at about the same price.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview or Qwen3.7-Max?
They cost about the same: $2.31 and $2.21 per million tokens (three input to one output).
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview or Qwen3.7-Max?
Qwen3.7-Max ranks 69 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 81 for Qwen3.6-Max-Preview.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview or Qwen3.7-Max?
Qwen3.7-Max ranks 39 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 59 for Qwen3.6-Max-Preview.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview or Qwen3.7-Max?
Qwen3.7-Max ranks 31 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 45 for Qwen3.6-Max-Preview.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview or Qwen3.7-Max?
Qwen3.7-Max: 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.6-Max-Preview.
Run Qwen3.6-Max-Preview and Qwen3.7-Max on your own prompt
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