Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head

Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Qwen3.6 Plus wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.

Category leads
speed·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#5 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen3.6 Plus
#14 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
1.1x better value than Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$1.36/M
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3 pts/$
$1.14/M
Vendor risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.6 Plus
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +5.8
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
55.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
61.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +1.6
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
41.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
42.9
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +4.9
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
45.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
50.0
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkQwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.6 Plus
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
55.861.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
41.342.9
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
45.050.0
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B$0.39$2.34262K tokens (~131 books)$8.78
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Plus$0.33$1.951.0M tokens (~500 books)$7.31