Model Comparison

Qwen3.7-Plus vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3BWhich is better in 2026?

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Qwen3.7-Plus vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B — which is better?

Qwen3.7-Plus (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Qwen3.7-Plus outperforms in 28 benchmarks (CharXiv-R, Claw-Eval, DeepPlanning, GPQA, HMMT Feb 26, Humanity's Last Exam, IMO-AnswerBench, LiveCodeBench v6, LVBench, MCP Atlas, MCP-Mark, MLVU, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux, MMMU-Pro, NL2Repo, ODinW, OmniDocBench 1.5, RealWorldQA, SimpleVQA, SkillsBench, SuperGPQA, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Pro, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0, VideoMMMU, VITA-Bench), while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is better at 1 benchmark (GDPval-AA). Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Qwen3.7-Plus if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 28 of 29 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped May 2026

Choose Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if…

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

29 benchmarks

Qwen3.7-Plus outperforms in 28 benchmarks (CharXiv-R, Claw-Eval, DeepPlanning, GPQA, HMMT Feb 26, Humanity's Last Exam, IMO-AnswerBench, LiveCodeBench v6, LVBench, MCP Atlas, MCP-Mark, MLVU, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux, MMMU-Pro, NL2Repo, ODinW, OmniDocBench 1.5, RealWorldQA, SimpleVQA, SkillsBench, SuperGPQA, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Pro, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0, VideoMMMU, VITA-Bench), while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is better at 1 benchmark (GDPval-AA).

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.7-Plus specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.7-Plus specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.7-Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Qwen3.7-Plus and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B support multimodal inputs.

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

Qwen3.7-Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Qwen3.7-Plus is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen3.7-Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.7-Plus was released on 2026-05-31, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B was released on 2026-04-16.

Qwen3.7-Plus is 2 months newer than Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Qwen3.7-Plus

May 31, 2026

1 months ago

1mo newer
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Apr 16, 2026

3 months ago

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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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.7-Plus

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Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Higher CharXiv-R score (85.9% vs 78.0%)
Higher Claw-Eval score (62.7% vs 50.0%)
Higher DeepPlanning score (62.3% vs 25.9%)
Higher GPQA score (90.3% vs 86.0%)
Higher HMMT Feb 26 score (92.9% vs 83.6%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (34.7% vs 21.4%)
Higher IMO-AnswerBench score (86.0% vs 78.9%)
Higher LiveCodeBench v6 score (89.6% vs 80.4%)
Higher LVBench score (76.2% vs 71.4%)
Higher MCP Atlas score (73.2% vs 62.8%)
Higher MCP-Mark score (58.7% vs 37.0%)
Higher MLVU score (87.4% vs 86.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (88.5% vs 85.2%)
Higher MMLU-Redux score (94.5% vs 93.3%)
Higher MMMU-Pro score (79.0% vs 75.3%)
Higher NL2Repo score (41.1% vs 29.4%)
Higher ODinW score (51.1% vs 50.8%)
Higher OmniDocBench 1.5 score (91.4% vs 89.9%)
Higher RealWorldQA score (86.9% vs 85.3%)
Higher SimpleVQA score (81.7% vs 58.9%)
Higher SkillsBench score (54.9% vs 28.7%)
Higher SuperGPQA score (71.4% vs 64.7%)
Higher SWE-bench Multilingual score (75.8% vs 67.2%)
Higher SWE-Bench Pro score (57.6% vs 49.5%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (77.7% vs 73.4%)
Higher Terminal-Bench 2.0 score (70.3% vs 51.5%)
Higher VideoMMMU score (85.4% vs 83.7%)
Higher VITA-Bench score (45.6% vs 35.6%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Has open weights
Higher GDPval-AA score (35.2% vs 31.5%)

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen3.7-Plus and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.7-Plus vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Which is better, Qwen3.7-Plus or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3.7-Plus is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Qwen3.7-Plus compare to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B in benchmarks?

Qwen3.7-Plus scores IFEval: 94.6%, MMLU-Redux: 94.5%, HMMT Feb 26: 92.9%, MRCR v2: 91.7%, OmniDocBench 1.5: 91.4%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scores MMLU-Redux: 93.3%, MMBench-V1.1: 92.8%, AI2D: 92.7%, AIME 2026: 92.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 92.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen3.7-Plus and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.7-Plus supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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 Qwen3.7-Plus and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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