Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 24.7 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 Qwen3.5-9B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 17.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 61.7% for Qwen3.5-9B.
- Qwen3.5-9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Claude 2: 20.8 (#213), Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 71.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | 139.45 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Claude 2: 8.7 (#314), Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 61.7% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
Claude 2: 17.0 (#282), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 79% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3.5-9B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.