Qwen3.6 Max vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Alibaba vs ByteDance — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Max has the higher intelligence index (88.8 vs 78.8)
- •Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is cheaper ($0.20 vs $1.04 per 1M input)
- •Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is faster
| Qwen3.6 Max | Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 88.8 | 78.8 |
| Developer | Alibaba | ByteDance |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | API only | — |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | — |
| Input price | $1.04 / 1M | $0.20 / 1M |
| Output price | $6.24 / 1M | $0.60 / 1M |
| Speed | 36 tok/s | 37 tok/s |
| Released | April 27, 2026 | August 20, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | — |
| Output modalities | Text | — |
Shared benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Max
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
GPQA Diamond
88.8
72.6
Humanity’s Last Exam
28.9
9.1