Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen Plus leads 23.3 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for Claude 2 and 65.3% for Qwen Plus.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 81.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1317 |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Qwen Plus leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen Plus share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.