Model Comparison

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

31 benchmarks

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B outperforms in 7 benchmarks (AA-LCR, IFBench, Include, LongBench v2, MMLU-Redux, NOVA-63, VITA-Bench), while Qwen3.6 Plus is better at 21 benchmarks (AIME 2026, C-Eval, DeepPlanning, GPQA, HMMT 2025, HMMT25, Humanity's Last Exam, IFEval, IMO-AnswerBench, LiveCodeBench v6, MCP-Mark, MMLU-Pro, MMMLU, PolyMATH, SuperGPQA, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0, Toolathlon, WideSearch, WMT24++).

Qwen3.6 Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
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Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Qwen3.5-397B-A17B and Qwen3.6 Plus support multimodal inputs.

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

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.6 Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen3.6 Plus uses a proprietary license.

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

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B was released on 2026-02-16, while Qwen3.6 Plus was released on 2026-03-31.

Qwen3.6 Plus is 1 month newer than Qwen3.5-397B-A17B.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Feb 16, 2026

1 months ago

Qwen3.6 Plus

Mar 31, 2026

2 days ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

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Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

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Has open weights
Higher AA-LCR score (68.7% vs 68.3%)
Higher IFBench score (76.5% vs 74.2%)
Higher Include score (85.6% vs 85.1%)
Higher LongBench v2 score (63.2% vs 62.0%)
Higher MMLU-Redux score (94.9% vs 94.5%)
Higher NOVA-63 score (59.1% vs 57.9%)
Higher VITA-Bench score (49.7% vs 44.3%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.6 Plus

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Higher AIME 2026 score (95.3% vs 91.3%)
Higher C-Eval score (93.3% vs 93.0%)
Higher DeepPlanning score (41.5% vs 34.3%)
Higher GPQA score (90.4% vs 88.4%)
Higher HMMT 2025 score (96.7% vs 94.8%)
Higher HMMT25 score (94.6% vs 92.7%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (28.8% vs 28.7%)
Higher IFEval score (94.3% vs 92.6%)
Higher IMO-AnswerBench score (83.8% vs 80.9%)
Higher LiveCodeBench v6 score (87.1% vs 83.6%)
Higher MCP-Mark score (48.2% vs 46.1%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (88.5% vs 87.8%)
Higher MMMLU score (89.5% vs 88.5%)
Higher PolyMATH score (77.4% vs 73.3%)
Higher SuperGPQA score (71.6% vs 70.4%)
Higher SWE-bench Multilingual score (73.8% vs 69.3%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (78.8% vs 76.4%)
Higher Terminal-Bench 2.0 score (61.6% vs 52.5%)
Higher Toolathlon score (39.8% vs 38.3%)
Higher WideSearch score (74.3% vs 74.0%)
Higher WMT24++ score (84.3% vs 78.9%)

Detailed Comparison

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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3.6 Plus is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B scores MMLU-Redux: 94.9%, HMMT 2025: 94.8%, C-Eval: 93.0%, HMMT25: 92.7%, IFEval: 92.6%. Qwen3.6 Plus scores CountBench: 97.6%, V*: 96.9%, HMMT 2025: 96.7%, AIME 2026: 95.3%, HMMT25: 94.6%.
Key differences include licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.