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Qwen3.6-Plus vs Qwen3.7-Plus
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 2 sources that measured both models.
Results as of 8 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-08-4199ce0620fe).
Qwen3.6-Plus or Qwen3.7-Plus? The short answer
Qwen3.7-Plus is the newer version; they score about the same, so pick Qwen3.7-Plus, which costs less (23% less per token).
- Qwen3.7-Plus is cheaper: $0.56 against $0.73 per million tokens, 23% less.
- Qwen3.6-Plus scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 27.0 against 25.2.
- Qwen3.7-Plus is newer: released 2 Jun 2026, against 31 Mar 2026 for Qwen3.6-Plus.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.6-Plus does better for agents and tool use; Qwen3.7-Plus for reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.
At a glance
| Qwen3.6-Plus | Qwen3.7-Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.33 in · $1.95 out | $0.32 in · $1.28 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.73 | $0.56 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | – |
| Intelligence Index | 27.0 | 25.2 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | 55 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Released | 31 Mar 2026 | 2 Jun 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 models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.
| Use case | Qwen3.6-Plus | Qwen3.7-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls | 63 of 164 | 66 of 164 |
| Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge | 67 of 198 | 56 of 198 |
| WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality | 54 of 188 | 48 of 188 |
| Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers | 80 of 152 | 53 of 152 |
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. 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-Plus | Qwen3.7-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,443 | 1,456 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better | 1,438 | 1,453 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,446 | 1,445 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better | 27.0 | 25.2 |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better | 88.2% | 90.0% |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better | 27.8% | 35.6% |
Show all 17 results (11 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.6-Plus | Qwen3.7-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,407 | 1,432 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,476 | 1,485 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,435 | 1,447 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,423 | 1,437 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better | 61.4% | 61.0% |
| τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better | 20.8% | 17.5% |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better | 54.5 | 55.9 |
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better | 75.2% | 78.0% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better | 78.3% | 73.0% |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better | 43.9% | 47.0% |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better | 97.7% | 93.0% |
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.6-Plus better than Qwen3.7-Plus?
Qwen3.7-Plus is the newer version; they score about the same, so pick Qwen3.7-Plus, which costs less (23% less per token).
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6-Plus or Qwen3.7-Plus?
Qwen3.7-Plus is cheaper: $0.56 against $0.73 per million tokens, 23% less.
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