Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Qwen3.6 27B
Wins 0 of 3 areas
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Wins 3 of 3 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Images and charts
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 18 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the three areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.6 27B costs 77% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.6 27B pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+46.7points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+28.2points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+26.4points ahead
Where Claude 3.5 Sonnet pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 18 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.6 27B
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3.6 27B by 46.737.283.9+46.7
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3.6 27B by 26.450.877.2+26.4
- SciCodeQwen3.6 27B by 11.231.642.8+11.2
ReasoningQwen3.6 27B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.6 27B by 28.25684.2+28.2
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.6 27B by 19.93.223.1+19.9
Images and chartsQwen3.6 27B
Other results8 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- HMMT Feb. 2025Qwen3.6 27B by 92.11.793.8+92.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3.6 27B by 27.72653.7+27.7
- RealWorldQAQwen3.6 27B by 2460.184.1+24
- SuperGPQAQwen3.6 27B by 17.848.266+17.8
- C-EvalQwen3.6 27B by 14.776.791.4+14.7
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.6 27B by 14.27.221.4+14.2
- MMLU-ProQwen3.6 27B by 8.677.686.2+8.6
- MMLU-ReduxQwen3.6 27B by 4.688.993.5+4.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B wins all three areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and images and charts. Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.6 27B. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 and $3.60. That makes Qwen3.6 27B about 77% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 18 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 8 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.