Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.4 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2026-05-19 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1498 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 77.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1515 |
| SciCode | — | 48.8% |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,189 |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | — | 0.4% |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1483 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | 92.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | 153.68 |
| SimpleBench | — | 70.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 13.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 19% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 9.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 32% |
| LMCA | — | 44% |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 95.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1490 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 64.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 34.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 26% |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1488 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 55.8% |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Qwen3.7 Max: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1474 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1530 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1484 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | — |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1460 |
Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1482 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1449 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1481 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1110 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Qwen3.7 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?
Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Qwen3.7 Max share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.