Qwen3.6 Plus vs Sakana Namazu: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Qwen3.6 Plus is developed by Alibaba, while Sakana Namazu comes from Sakana AI. Qwen3.6 Plus was released in March 2026, and Sakana Namazu followed 5 months later in August 2026.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. Sakana Namazu leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on LiveCodeBench v6, where Sakana Namazu scores 90.3% against 87.1%; MMLU-Pro, where Sakana Namazu scores 90.3% against 88.5%. Averaged across everything we track, Qwen3.6 Plus sits at 74.5% and Sakana Namazu at 92.4%.
Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper API at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, about 90% below Sakana Namazu at $0.95 and $4. Qwen3.6 Plus takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 256K for Sakana Namazu. Both accept text and images as input. On tooling, only Qwen3.6 Plus supports function calling and only Qwen3.6 Plus offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Qwen3.6 Plus | Sakana Namazu |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | Sakana AI |
| Release Date | March 31, 2026 | August 3, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 256K |
| Context (output) | 66K | 256K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.50 | $0.95 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.00 | $4.00 |
| Average Score | 74.5% | 92.4% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.1% | 90.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 88.5% | 90.3% |
| AIME 2026 | 95.0% | 96.7% |
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Verdict
Qwen3.6 Plus leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Qwen3.6 Plus — 0.7, Sakana Namazu — 0.9.
Qwen3.6 Plus is 1.4x cheaper: input $0.50/1M vs $0.95/1M tokens.
Qwen3.6 Plus supports a larger context: 1M vs 256K tokens.
Sakana Namazu is newer: released 8/3/2026 vs 3/31/2026.
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