Model comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 34.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic

34.6

Rank #231 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.4 to 19.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 8.5% for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.

Side by side

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Claude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.651.5
Released2024-06-202026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked6033

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.0 (#165), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding13421498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
Aider Polyglot51.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
GSO4.6%—
WeirdML40%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.8%—
LiveBench Coding67.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete58.6%—
CadEval48%—
ALE-Bench—1,189
HumanEval+81.7%—
MBPP+74.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.3 (#67), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
TheAgentCompany24%—
Cybench17.5%—
BALROG32.6%—
GBAEval—0.4%
METR Time Horizons45.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 23.1 (#183), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench41.4%70.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts13051483
DTBench67.8%92.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index133.55153.68
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EnigmaEval0.9%—
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LiveBench Reasoning56.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
LiveBench Data Analysis55%—
LMCA—44%
ForecastBench60.7—
LiveBench59%—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 19.2 (#288), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20258.5%95.6%
LMArena Math13071490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
ProofBench—26%
Omni-MATH27.6%—
LiveBench Math52.3%—
MATH Level 556.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.6 (#245), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond55.3%90.9%
LMArena Expert12651488
Humanity's Last Exam4.1%—
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
MMLU-Pro77.7%—
Confabulations19.9%—
GPQA (HELM)56.5%—
MMLU87.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.5 (#120), Qwen3.7 Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1125—
Video-MME60%—
GeoBench62%—
VPCT33%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.2 (#185), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English12831474
LMArena Chinese12721530
LMArena Russian13061484
LMArena French1305—
LMArena German1297—
LMArena Japanese1234—
LMArena Korean1200—
LMArena Spanish1290—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 68.8 (#182), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following12971460
LiveBench Instruction Following69.3%—
IFEval85.5%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#167), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query13111482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 52.9 (#164), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text12981476
LMArena Creative Writing12921449
LMArena Multi-Turn13261481
Short-Story Creative Writing80.3%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1451—
WildBench79.2%—
EQ-Bench 4—1110
LiveBench Language53.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 34.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen3.7 Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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