Qwen3 6 vs Qwen3 7
Qwen3 6 Verdict
- Qwen3 6 (max) leads on quality: 63.3 vs 61.3.
- Qwen3 6 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, composite, human preference, knowledge, long context, maths.
- Qwen3 7 (max) is stronger in coding, instruction following, reasoning.
- Qwen3 6 (max) is 1.3× cheaper ($2.96 vs $3.75 per 1M blended).
- Qwen3 7 (max) streams 2.9× faster (169 vs 59 tokens per second).
| Metric | Qwen3 6 (max) | Qwen3 7 (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 63.3 | 61.3 |
| Agents & tools score | 72.0 | 56.0 |
| Coding score | 58.2 | 61.4 |
| Composite score | 64.9 | 56.4 |
| Human preference score | 65.9 | 57.2 |
| Instruction following score | 74.2 | 77.6 |
| Knowledge score | 64.0 | 63.6 |
| Long context score | 66.9 | 66.0 |
| Maths score | 64.2 | 57.4 |
| Reasoning score | 63.2 | 66.8 |
| Blended price $/M | $2.96 | $3.75 |
| Output speed | 59 tok/s | 169 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 38.5 s | 16.5 s |
| Context window | 246k | 1M |
| GPQA Diamond | 87.4% | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | – | 64.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | – | 34.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 91.1% | 95.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | 76.7% | 77.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 52.0% | 55.8% |
| SimpleBench | 63.0% | 70.4% |
| SciCode | – | 48.8% |
| ProofBench | – | 26.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.3 | 153.7 |
| LMArena Text | 1460 | 1474 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1495 |
| LMArena Coding | 1509 | 1525 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1479 | 1517 |
| LMArena Agent | – | -3.1 |
| LiveBench | – | 73.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | – | 83.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | – | 74.2% |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | – | 43.6% |
| LiveBench Mathematics | – | 85.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | – | 71.8% |
| LiveBench Language | – | 79.7% |
| AA Intelligence Index | 28.4 | 29.9 |
| IFBench | 76.6% | 80.5% |
| AA-LCR | 80.7% | 79.0% |
| AA-Omniscience | 9.2 | 13.5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 43.9% | 50.8% |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 88.8% | 92.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 30.8% | 40.5% |
| SciCode (AA) | – | 49.5% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | 95.9% | 94.7% |
| LiveCodeBench | – | 87.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | – | 89.3% |
| IOI | – | 46.8% |
| LegalBench | – | 84.9% |
| CorpFin | 66.5% | 63.7% |
| TaxEval | – | 75.3% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | – | 61.0% |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.8% | 68.8% |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | – | 90.2% |
| Vals Index | – | 44.8 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | – | 1110 |
Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
Qwen3 6 vs Qwen3 7: questions
- Is Qwen3 6 better than Qwen3 7?
- Qwen3 6 (max) leads on quality: 63.3 vs 61.3. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Qwen3 6 (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is Qwen3 6 better than Qwen3 7 for coding?
- Qwen3 7 scores higher in coding (61 vs 58 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is Qwen3 6 better than Qwen3 7 for agentic tasks?
- Qwen3 6 scores higher in agentic tasks (72 vs 56 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, Qwen3 6 or Qwen3 7?
- Qwen3 6 is cheaper: $2.96 against $3.75 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, Qwen3 6 or Qwen3 7?
- Qwen3 7 streams faster: 169 against 59 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Qwen3 7 accepts more context: 1M against 246k tokens.