Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 15.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 82.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 142.38 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 73.3% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1446 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1419 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1438 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Qwen3 Max share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.