Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 3 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 16.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for Claude 2 and 97.1% for Qwen3 Max.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 82.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 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% |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 97.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1446 |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | 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: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1419 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1438 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3 Max share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.