Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview
Qwen
Trend
Value score uses HLE and published API token cost from the published roster. For exact weights and pricing rules, see the Methodology page.
Buyer-facing table
| Rank | Model | Value score | Trend | HLE | TTFT | Ease of use | Arc-AGI-2 | Context | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview |
Qwen
Trend
Editorial investigation
Value is already doing the cost work inside the score. The row only needs the headline number and one compact economic signal, while the full pricing context stays in the model dossier.
Open top value model"Choose this when you want a free, frontier-capable model for coding agents and long-document work and your data isn't confidential."
Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview
Qwen
87.6 |
Rising +7.9 | 46.3% | 3.6s Qwen | 90% Ready to use | n/a | 262.1K |
| 02 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 80.7 | Rising +1.9 | 44.4% | 0.28s Google AI Studio | 90% Ready to use | 77.1% | 1M |
|---|
| 03 | GPT-5.4 Replaces GPT-5.2 | 77.2 | Rising +11.6 | 41.6% | 1.3s OpenAI | 90% Ready to use | 73.3% | 128K |
|---|
| 04 | Gemini 3 Flash | 76.7 | Rising +2.9 | 33.7% | 0.13s Google AI Studio | 90% Ready to use | 33.6% | 1M |
|---|
| 05 | Kimi K2.5 | 74.2 | Rising +3.4 | 29.4% | 0.65s Moonshot AI | 90% Ready to use | 12.1% | 262K |
|---|
| 06 | MiniMax M2.7 | 73.4 | Rising +3.5 | 28.1% | 0.19s MiniMax | 90% Ready to use | n/a | 204.8K |
|---|
| 07 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 70.7 | Rising +15.1 | 33.2% | 1.2s Google Vertex (Global) | 90% Ready to use | 58.3% | 128K |
|---|
| 08 | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | 67.5 | Rising +29.4 | 22.0% | 1.5s DeepSeek | 90% Ready to use | n/a | 163.8K |
|---|
| 09 | Grok 4.1 Fast | 67.5 | Rising +4.3 | 20.0% | 0.11s xAI | 75% Easy to start | 16.0% | 1M |
|---|
| 10 | GPT-5 Mini | 64.4 | Rising +4.7 | 16.7% | 0.16s OpenAI | 90% Ready to use | 4.4% | 128K |
|---|
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
OpenAI
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
Moonshot AI
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
MiniMax
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
Anthropic
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
DeepSeek
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
xAI
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Easy to start
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score
OpenAI
Trend
HLE
TTFT
Ease of use
Ready to use
Arc-AGI-2
Context
Verdict
Value score