Qwen 3.6
The leading open model for multilingual work, under the business-friendly Apache 2.0 license.
Released April 16, 2026
Pricing
Capacity
Capabilities
Best Scores
Best For
Benchmark Scores
Specialized Skills
GDPval-AA v2
Real paid work from 44 different jobs, such as law, nursing, and software. Judges compare two answers side by side without knowing which model wrote them, and the winner gains rating points. A typical human expert scores 1000, so a higher number means the work was picked over a human more often.
Independently measured by Artificial Analysis.
Knowledge
GPQA Diamond
PhD-level science questions written so you cannot just Google the answer. Tests whether the model can reason about hard science.
Provider-reported; no independent run recorded yet.
Humanity's Last Exam
PhD-level questions across many subjects. Tests deep reasoning on the hardest questions humans can ask.
Independently measured by BenchLM.
Software Engineering
SWE-bench Verified
Hands the AI bugs from actual software projects and counts how many it fixes. Like a coding job interview, but with real work.
Provider-reported; no independent run recorded yet.
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Puts the AI in front of a computer terminal and asks it to finish multi-step tasks on its own. Measures how good an "AI agent" it is.
Provider-reported; no independent run recorded yet.
SWE-bench Pro
The harder version of the coding test. Bigger codebases, trickier bugs. Scores drop for everyone, so the gaps between models become clearer.
Provider-reported; no independent run recorded yet.
Why Choose Qwen 3.6?
Qwen 3.6 is the go-to open model for multilingual tasks and businesses that need liberal licensing. Apache 2.0 is friendly for commercial use, and Qwen is strong across 100+ languages. Great for global teams.
How It Compares
vs GLM-5.2
GLM is stronger on reasoning; Qwen is better for multilingual tasks.
vs Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen is more capable; Llama is more widely deployed.