Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Qwen3.5 27B
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 38.8 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 82.4% for Qwen3.5 27B.
- Qwen3.5 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 41.9 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 28 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1358 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1427 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 27B leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 82.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 47.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1414 |
| LMCA | — | 34% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 27B leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1429 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 27B leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1428 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1241 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1410 |
| LMArena German | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1407 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1393 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1410 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3.5 27B?
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3.5 27B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.