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Qwen3.5 122B A10B vs Qwen3 Max (Reasoning)

Alibaba · released

Wins 2 of 6 areas

Agents · Long documents

Alibaba · released

Wins 2 of 6 areas

Coding · Reasoning

The two are evenly matched.Qwen3.5 122B A10B is better at long documents and agents; Qwen3 Max (Reasoning) at reasoning and coding.

Scores updated · 29 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six 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.

Agents rests on a single test.

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.

Qwen3.5 122B A10B$0.40 to read · $3.20 to write$3.60Price from Alibaba's own price page
Qwen3 Max (Reasoning)$1.20 to read · $6.00 to write$7.20Price from Alibaba's own price page

Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs 50% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where Qwen3 Max (Reasoning) pulls ahead

  • Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+7points aheadQwen3 Max (Reasoning)85.9Qwen3.5 122B A10B78.9
  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+5.4points aheadQwen3 Max (Reasoning)29.8Qwen3.5 122B A10B24.4
  • Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+3.3points aheadQwen3 Max (Reasoning)75.3Qwen3.5 122B A10B72

Where Qwen3.5 122B A10B pulls ahead

  • Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+9.9points aheadQwen3.5 122B A10B63.8Qwen3 Max (Reasoning)53.9
  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+7.6points aheadQwen3.5 122B A10B12.9Qwen3 Max (Reasoning)5.3
  • Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+6.9points aheadQwen3.5 122B A10B31.1Qwen3 Max (Reasoning)24.2

Every test, side by side

All 29 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingQwen3 Max (Reasoning)

Full coding ranking

AgentsQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningQwen3 Max (Reasoning)

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Long documentsQwen3.5 122B A10B

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsEven

Full following instructions ranking

Other results16 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Qwen3.5 122B A10B or Qwen3 Max (Reasoning)?

Qwen3.5 122B A10B and Qwen3 Max (Reasoning) each win two of the six areas where both have results. Qwen3.5 122B A10B wins agents and long documents; Qwen3 Max (Reasoning) wins coding and reasoning. Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs 50% less. They are level on facts and following instructions.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen3 Max (Reasoning). It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.5 122B A10B wins 1.

Which is cheaper?

Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max (Reasoning) costs $1.20 and $6.00. That makes Qwen3.5 122B A10B about 50% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 29 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 16 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.