Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3 Max

Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.3 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic

58.3

Rank #19 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 4.7 leads 53.8 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 70.2% for Claude Opus 4.7 and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 4.7.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index58.343.7
Released2026-04-142025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$5$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$25$6
Results tracked6633

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 59.6 (#13), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding15181456
ALE-Bench1,323370.45
SWE-bench Verified83.5%—
FrontierCode38.5%—
LMArena WebDev1558—
SciCode54.5%—
GSO44.1%—
WeirdML76.4%—
MirrorCode31.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 47.9 (#10), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 210,93771.56
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents49.2%—
OSWorld 2.018.2%—
τ²-bench Banking40.2%—
PostTrainBench28.6%—
ExploitBench26.5%—
GBAEval43.8%—
GDP.pdf21%—
LMArena Search1233—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 53.8 (#29), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.7%72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)39%30.1%
Chess Puzzles30%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15061448
Mystery Game Puzzles28%5%
DTBench94.7%82.1%
LMCA52.2%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.25142.38
ARC-AGI-275.8%—
SimpleBench61.7%—
ARC-AGI-193.5%—
CritPt12%—
Thematic Generalization72.8%—
EBR-Bench19%—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 66.7 (#26), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)70.2%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%73.3%
LMArena Math14991446
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions73.6%—
ProofBench54%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)43.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)22.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 62.6 (#23), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond90.2%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified51.7%48.7%
LMArena Expert15211455
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 41.2 (#38), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1316—
Blueprint-Bench 224.5%—
Furniture Assembly33.3%—
LMArena Document1495—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 57.3 (#10), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14801429
LMArena Chinese15311478
LMArena French15031449
LMArena German14951463
LMArena Japanese14721397
LMArena Korean14641399
LMArena Russian14941428
LMArena Spanish14951462

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 78.4 (#10), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14981419

Long Context Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 46.2 (#25), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query15051438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 75.1 (#8), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text14901439
LMArena Creative Writing14861402
LMArena Multi-Turn15051446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1914—
EQ-Bench 41311—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.7 better than Qwen3 Max?

Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.3 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.7 lists at $5 and $25.

Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.6 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 4.7 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.7 and Qwen3 Max share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.7 has 66 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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