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Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the LLM Stats Score 39.0 to 29.6.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the overall LLM Stats Score 39.0 to 29.6, ranking #76 overall.

In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3.6 Plus wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen3.6 Plus

  • overall performance matters — it scores 39.0 and ranks #76 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 4 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
NVIDIA
Qwen3.6 Plus
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
29.6
#146
39.0
#76
Reasoning
28.9
#146
40.1
#68
Coding
14.4
#154
27.2
#76
Agents
11.9
#127
20.3
#81
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 4
4 of 4
Input price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Output price
— / M
$3.00 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Qwen3.6 Plus
Math
23.4#140
39.0#22
Tool use
5.4#169
20.0#69
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) · 65 for Qwen3.6 Plus

4 shared

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.6 Plus is better at 4 benchmarks (AA-LCR, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, MCP Atlas).

Qwen3.6 Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.6 Plus specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.6 Plus specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3.6 Plus support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.6 Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen3.6 Plus uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) was released on 2026-10-15, while Qwen3.6 Plus was released on 2026-03-31.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is 7 months newer than Qwen3.6 Plus.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Oct 15, 2026

5 days ago

6mo newer
Qwen3.6 Plus

Mar 31, 2026

6 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-05-01, while Qwen3.6 Plus's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)'s training data extends to 2026-05-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3.6 Plus's cutoff date.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

May 2026

Qwen3.6 Plus

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3.6 Plus side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.6 Plus
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen3.6 Plus.

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the LLM Stats Score 39.0 to 29.6. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3.6 Plus is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) compare to Qwen3.6 Plus in benchmarks?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) scores PinchBench: 87.8%, GPQA: 86.4%, BrowseComp: 66.8%, AA-LCR: 64.1%, MCP Atlas: 52.2%. Qwen3.6 Plus scores CountBench: 97.6%, V*: 96.9%, HMMT 2025: 96.7%, AIME 2026: 95.3%, HMMT25: 94.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3.6 Plus?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.6 Plus supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3.6 Plus?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.6 vs 39.0), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3.6 Plus?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3.6 Plus is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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