Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 26 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | 65.3% | 78.0% | 51.0% | 32.4% | 79.7% | 11.2% | 42.4% | 92.2% | 78.4% | 80.0% | 76.1% | 63.9% | 77.7% | 86.5% | 86.4% | 89.3 | 67.7% | 46.6% | 44.1% | 77.1% | 42.4% | 76.3 | 50.6% | 60.6% | 51.5% | 78.9% | 87.1% | - | 47.2% | 47.6% | 1.35 | 1207elo | 1805elo | 79.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 72.1% | 45.0% | - | 62.8% |
| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 23.0% | 40.8% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 75.2% | 83.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 89.5 | 68.0% | 44.9% | 40.7% | 74.7% | 43.9% | 59.5 | 32.0% | 51.5% | 25.6% | 97.7% | - | 95.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96.7 | 36.9% | 77.0% | 88.5 | 94.5 | - | - | 73.8 | 59.0% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | Claude | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 17 Feb 2026 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $3.00 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $15.00 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.300 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | $3.750 | $0.406 |
| Speed | 45 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 1.12 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text, image, video |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond79.7% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)11.2% (AA) IFBench42.4% (AA) SciCode44.1% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)78.9% (AA) | GPQA Diamond88.2% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)27.8% (AA) IFBench75.2% (AA) SciCode40.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.7% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 26 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on 19 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 79.7% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $3.00 per million output tokens against $15.00 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 - about 5.0x.
- When were Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released 17 Feb 2026 by Anthropic. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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