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Qwen3.6 27B vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
Qwen3.6 27B wins on 8/8 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 27B wins 8 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · language.
Category leads
coding·Qwen3.6 27Breasoning·Qwen3.6 27Blanguage·Qwen3.6 27Bmath·Qwen3.6 27Bknowledge·Qwen3.6 27B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.6 27B
#36 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#46 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
2.9x better value than Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B
48.9 pts/$
$1.34/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
140.4 pts/$
$0.44/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.6 27BQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +41.7
Qwen3.6 27B
50.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
8.3
LiveBench · Coding
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +11.1
Qwen3.6 27B
71.8
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
60.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +16.9
Qwen3.6 27B
70.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
53.6
LiveBench · If
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +11.7
Qwen3.6 27B
53.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
41.5
LiveBench · Language
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +7.0
Qwen3.6 27B
63.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
56.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +5.6
Qwen3.6 27B
79.9
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
74.3
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +15.2
Qwen3.6 27B
65.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
50.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 27B leads by +12.1
Qwen3.6 27B
70.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 50.0 | 8.3 |
LiveBench · Coding | 71.8 | 60.7 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 70.4 | 53.6 |
LiveBench · If | 53.2 | 41.5 |
LiveBench · Language | 63.3 | 56.3 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 79.9 | 74.3 |
LiveBench · Overall | 65.6 | 50.4 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 70.3 | 58.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.28 | $2.40 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.14 | |
| $0.10 | $0.78 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $2.68 |