Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 41.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic

41.0

Rank #142 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 1 category 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 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 12.6% for Claude Opus 4.1 and 64.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $75 for Claude Opus 4.1.
  • Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Claude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.051.5
Released2025-08-052026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K1M
Max output32K131K
Input $ / M tokens$15$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$75$7.50
Results tracked4833

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
SWE-bench Verified73.3%77.3%
LMArena WebDev13901515
LMArena Coding14791498
ALE-Bench674.771,189
SciCode—48.8%
WeirdML45.9%—
AlgoTune1.34—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
GBAEval—0.4%
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench60%70.4%
Chess Puzzles7%19%
EBR-Bench7.9%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431483
Mystery Game Puzzles21%32%
DTBench80%92.3%
LMCA37.1%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index144.12153.68
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
EnigmaEval7.2%—
ForecastBench62—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%95.6%
LMArena Math14311490
ProofBench—26%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond77.3%90.9%
LMArena Expert14391488
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Qwen3.7 Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14051474
LMArena Chinese14271530
LMArena Russian14221484
LMArena French1431—
LMArena German1413—
LMArena Japanese1378—
LMArena Korean1380—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14351460

Long Context Too close to call

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14551482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14191476
LMArena Creative Writing14121449
LMArena Multi-Turn14441481
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 41.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.1 lists at $15 and $75.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 44.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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