Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 37.3 to 9.6.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1488 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1483 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1473 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1483 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 25.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.