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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-Plus

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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.7-Max

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Qwen3.7-Max is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 4.0% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Qwen3.6-Plus is 3.3x cheaper to run. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Qwen3.6-Plus offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Qwen3.7-Max fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Qwen3.6-Plus

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
56.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
90.4%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)3.3x cheaper
$1.13Input: $0.50 | Output: $3.00
Speed
52 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Qwen3.7-Max

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+4.0%)
60.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+2.0%)
92.4%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$3.75Input: $2.50 | Output: $7.50
Speed3.9x faster
205 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.6-Plus is cheaper than Qwen3.7-Max. Qwen3.6-Plus has a blended cost of $1.13/1M tokens, which is about 3.3x cheaper than Qwen3.7-Max at $3.75/1M tokens.

Qwen3.7-Max is faster than Qwen3.6-Plus. Qwen3.7-Max generates 205 tokens per second (tps) compared to Qwen3.6-Plus which generates 52 tokens per second.

Qwen3.7-Max is better for coding tasks. It scores 60.6% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Qwen3.6-Plus which scores 56.6%.

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