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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen3.6 Flash benchmark comparison: Qwen3.6 Flash leads on average score with 7.5 vs 7.3. Qwen3.6 Flash has the lower benchmark cost at $0.288 vs $0.316. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 5.04s vs 19.25s, with pass rates of 55.6% vs 71.4%.

Recommended model: Claude Sonnet 4.6 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.3 vs 7.5), while responding about 3.8x faster than Qwen3.6 Flash.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17 Qwen3.6 Flash Qwen3.6 Flash medium Release: 2026-04-20
Score 7.3 7.5
Rank #56 #49
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.7 8.1
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 55.6% 71.4%
Flaky tests 1 5
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 2.870 3.030
Total Cost $0.316 $0.288
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $0.188 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $1.125 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 57,886 42,362
Output Tokens 9,465 2,995
Reasoning Tokens 0 245,358
Response Time (avg) 5.04s 19.25s
Response Time (max) 23.84s 122.87s
Response Time (total) 70.60s 404.20s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#56 Claude Sonnet 4.6

none
Cost
$0.038
Time
27.3s
Tokens
2,598 tok

#49 Qwen3.6 Flash

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.008
Time
29.9s
Tokens
6,784 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 2.94s 636 1,214 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.10s 672 624 14,024
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 5.19s 8,522 2,127 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 5.0 5.1 44.5% 2 42.85s 7,895 495 67,967
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 23.84s 26,024 3,766 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 20.28s 14,934 483 13,839
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.43s 8,574 252 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.65s 7,782 270 13,155
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 3.54s 759 413 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 3.5 4.4 33.3% 2 14.65s 771 60 24,409
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.1 3.1 66.7% 1 2.56s 513 192 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 4.8 9.9 0.0% 0 9.88s 516 140 5,445
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 1.96s 690 90 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.05s 699 102 7,423
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.53s 663 533 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 8.2 7.2 88.9% 1 6.29s 696 460 10,860
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.11s 11,301 447 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.00s 8,193 335 1,188
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 4.67s 204 431 0
Qwen3.6 Flash 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 122.87s 204 26 87,048

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