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Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Qwen3.6 Plus leads Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 27.0 to 11.9, and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs 1.3x less per output token ($1.50 vs $1.95 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 44 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Qwen3.6 Plus Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Qwen3.6 PlusQwen
Coding
44.1
Overall
56.2
Output $/M
$1.95
44
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
0
vs boards won of 44 shared

Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a coding score, 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($1.50 vs $1.95 per million).

Model AQwen3.6 PlusQwen44.1/1003 independent benchmarks$1.19 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
44
Qwen3.6 Plus only
39
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
9
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 54.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Qwen3.6 Plus 97.7% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 43.6%, 54.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
Qwen3.6 Plus takes 1M tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryQwen3.6 PlusBarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding70
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design50
General190
All shared boards440
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured69.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev14611275Qwen3.6 Plus
AA Coding Index54.5Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)86.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)73.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)25.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Code migration (Vals AI)11.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)53.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)43.9%18.9%Qwen3.6 Plus
Terminal-BenchNot measured27.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdMLNot measured41.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-Bench670.1461.4Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: coding14671412Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: software and IT14621393Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev: React14541257Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev: HTML14631287Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev: from an image1472Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index27.011.9Qwen3.6 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index147.3Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Finance Agent (Vals AI)40.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)7.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)14.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)32.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
τ²-Bench Telecom97.7%43.6%Qwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2$5,115Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond87.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)84.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)88.2%61.8%Qwen3.6 Plus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)27.8%4.5%Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)88.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Chess puzzles14.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Mystery game puzzles12.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14481372Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: expert14541338Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14551380Qwen3.6 Plus
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured49.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AIME94.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
AA Math IndexNot measured39.3Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
OTIS Mock AIME93.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 338.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: math14491365Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: mathematical work14481367Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro87.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)51.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)61.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MedCode (Vals AI)36.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
SimpleQA Verified44.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: science14391347Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14421347Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government14371358Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance14301343Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites12431158Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: UI components12301110Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: game dev12111098Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: data viz12281084Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: 3D1202Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: all code categories12361142Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: SVG1161Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1113Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index190
General benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)44.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)77.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Vals Multimodal Index51.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
IFBench75.2%40.5%Qwen3.6 Plus
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)78.3%45.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
DTBench81.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMCA33.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CL-bench20.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text14361357Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: instruction following14241355Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing14041333Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: English14451359Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: non-English14241346Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Chinese14771357Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: German14511325Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Japanese13901311Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Korean13791305Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: French14551398Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Spanish14321360Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Russian14341366Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Polish14331344Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: multi-turn14381366Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: longer queries14391378Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language14181340Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14021317Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Qwen3.6 Plus$0.0013Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.6 Plus$0.022Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.6 Plus$0.085Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationQwen3.6 PlusQwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerQwenQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedApril 2, 2026July 23, 2025
Context window1M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.325$0.30
Output $/Mtok$1.95$1.50
Coding index44.1Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it31
Cost per solved task$1.19Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3.6 Plus better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a coding score, 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($1.50 vs $1.95 per million).

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 per million input tokens and $1.95 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.6 Plus only.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3.6 Plus, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

44 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3.6 Plus's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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