Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen Max

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic

41.0

Rank #142 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Max in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 62.4 to 47.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 68.9% for Claude Opus 4.1 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $75 for Claude Opus 4.1.
  • Claude Opus 4.1 accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.034.7
Released2025-08-052024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K33K
Max output32K8K
Input $ / M tokens$15$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$75$6.40
Results tracked4823

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
LMArena Coding14791288
SWE-bench Verified73.3%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1390—
WeirdML45.9%—
ALE-Bench674.77—
AlgoTune1.34—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14431269
SimpleBench60%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
EnigmaEval7.2%—
EBR-Bench7.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA37.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.12—
ForecastBench62—

Math Too close to call

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%16.1%
LMArena Math14311275
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond77.3%56.1%
LMArena Expert14391248
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English14051263
LMArena Chinese14271254
LMArena French14311330
LMArena German14131254
LMArena Japanese13781205
LMArena Korean13801142
LMArena Russian14221274
LMArena Spanish14481290

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14351262

Long Context Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14551288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen Max
LMArena Text14191282
LMArena Creative Writing14121248
LMArena Multi-Turn14441277
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen Max?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.1 lists at $15 and $75.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 4.1 does, with 200K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen Max share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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