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Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads the LLM Stats Score 49.7 to 39.7.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.7 to 39.7, ranking #15 overall.

In the 12 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next wins 12; 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 Qwen3.6 Plus

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.50/M input and $3.00/M output

Choose Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.7 and ranks #15 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 12 of 12 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Qwen3.6 Plus
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
39.7
#50
49.7
#15
Reasoning
40.7
#44
49.3
#15
Coding
28.1
#51
36.6
#18
Agents
20.6
#50
35.5
#13
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 12
12 of 12
Input price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

4 shared
Index
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Math
39.0#21
32.7#53
Vision
28.8#30
34.4#12
Tool use
21.0#49
31.6#9
Multimodal
31.5#22
36.2#7
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

65 reported for Qwen3.6 Plus · 22 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

12 shared

Qwen3.6 Plus outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is better at 12 benchmarks (CharXiv-R, ERQA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, LiveCodeBench v6, MathVision, NL2Repo, RealWorldQA, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Pro, Toolathlon).

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 01 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).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next support multimodal inputs.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Qwen3.6 Plus is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next uses Qwen Community License 1.0.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen Community License 1.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.6 Plus was released on 2026-03-31, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next was released on 2026-08-26.

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 5 months newer than Qwen3.6 Plus.

Qwen3.6 Plus

Mar 31, 2026

5 months ago

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Aug 26, 2026

5 days ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Qwen3.6 Plus
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

Which is better, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads the LLM Stats Score 49.7 to 39.7. Qwen3.6 Plus is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 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 Qwen3.6 Plus compare to Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in benchmarks?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores CountBench: 97.6%, V*: 96.9%, HMMT 2025: 96.7%, AIME 2026: 95.3%, HMMT25: 94.6%. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next scores MathVision: 95.7%, LiveCodeBench v6: 91.9%, GPQA: 91.7%, CharXiv-R: 90.6%, RealWorldQA: 88.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.6 Plus supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (39.7 vs 49.7), licensing (Proprietary vs Qwen Community License 1.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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