Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 37.3 to 10.0.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1488 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1483 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1473 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | 1483 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.