Model comparison
Claude 3 Opus vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Opus scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 51.8 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.7% for Claude 3 Opus and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 32.9 (#267), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1264 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| WeirdML | 19.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 77.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 24.6 (#116), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.6 (#324), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | 17% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1245 | 1449 |
| DTBench | 61.6% | 81.9% |
| LMCA | 17% | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 126.91 | 147.65 |
| SimpleBench | 23.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 40.6% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | 49.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 88.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.8 (#299), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.7% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1273 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 43.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 37.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 24.5 (#267), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.2% | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.6% | 44.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1454 |
| Confabulations | 22.7% | — |
| MMLU | 84.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 27.1 (#116), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1023 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 41.4 (#207), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1258 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1248 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1275 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1204 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | 1280 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1246 | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 64.1 (#228), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1425 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 38.2 (#202), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1259 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 47.2 (#213), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1262 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1438 |
| LiveBench Language | 50.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Opus better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Opus or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Opus has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.