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Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Plus wins on 8/8 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Plus wins 8 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · language.
Category leads
coding·Qwen3.6 Plusreasoning·Qwen3.6 Pluslanguage·Qwen3.6 Plusmath·Qwen3.6 Plusknowledge·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.6 Plus
#12 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#32 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
2.3x better value than Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3 pts/$
$1.14/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
140.4 pts/$
$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 PlusQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +46.7
Qwen3.6 Plus
55.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
8.3
LiveBench · Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +17.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
78.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
60.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +16.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
69.9
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
53.6
LiveBench · If
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +16.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
58.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
41.5
LiveBench · Language
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +18.7
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
56.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +9.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
83.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
74.3
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +20.4
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.8
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
50.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +17.7
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.8
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 55.0 | 8.3 |
LiveBench · Coding | 78.2 | 60.7 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 69.9 | 53.6 |
LiveBench · If | 58.3 | 41.5 |
LiveBench · Language | 75.0 | 56.3 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 83.7 | 74.3 |
LiveBench · Overall | 70.8 | 50.4 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 75.8 | 58.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $7.31 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.10 | $0.78 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $2.68 |