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Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-06-14.
| Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | qwen | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 83.3 | 50.1 |
| Input Price | $0.33/M | $0.10/M |
| Output Price | $1.95/M | $0.15/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 65,536 | 262,144 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 82.5 | 53.5 |
| ai_index_agentic | 100.0 | 61.7 |
| ai_index_coding | 70.7 | 41.8 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 169 | 153 |
| Code Review | 165 | 147 |
| Code Completion | 133 | 130 |
| Code Refactoring | 162 | 144 |
| Bug Fixing | 181 | 158 |
| Unit Test Generation | 151 | 138 |
| Code Documentation | 143 | 133 |
| Regex Writing | 136 | 130 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 143 | 131 |
| Frontend Component Design | 145 | 136 |
| Data Analysis | 170 | 152 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 150 | 138 |
| ETL Scripting | 152 | 138 |
| JSON Extraction | 145 | 140 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 133 | 132 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 144 | 136 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 144 | 136 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 159 | 143 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 132 | 129 |
| Blog Post Writing | 140 | 131 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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