Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 37.6 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 7.1% for Claude 2.1 and 41.2% for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | 41.2% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1412 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1372 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1365 |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1338 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1357 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1355 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.