Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 Max

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic

49.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Haiku 5.5 leads 73.6 to 38.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 75.1% for Claude Haiku 5.5 and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Claude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index49.543.7
Released2026-10-072025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.10$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$0.50$6
Results tracked933

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Category by category

Coding Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 49.2 (#50), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena WebDev1587—
LMArena Coding—1456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 35.2 (#69), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)65.7%30.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles30%5%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1448
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 73.6 (#18), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)75.1%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%73.3%
FrontierMath Tier 446.3%—
LMArena Math—1446
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 50.8 (#70), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond89.6%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified23.8%48.7%
LMArena Expert—1455

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: 43.7 (#21), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
Furniture Assembly47.5%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 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 Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following—1419

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%
LMArena Longer Query—1438

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text—1439
LMArena Creative Writing—1402
LMArena Multi-Turn—1446

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than Qwen3 Max?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3 Max?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 Max share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Haiku 5.5 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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