Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen Max

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 91.8 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for Claude Opus 5.5 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for Claude Opus 5.5.
  • Claude Opus 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index68.634.7
Released2026-09-222024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$4$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$20$6.40
Results tracked4423

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Coding15471288
FrontierCode54.6%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—
ALE-Bench2,147—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts15351269
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench71.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
DTBench98.9%—
LMCA68.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33—

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%16.1%
LMArena Math15061275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
ProofBench100%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond90.6%56.1%
LMArena Expert15471248
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1321—
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English15071263
LMArena Chinese15881254
LMArena French15141330
LMArena Russian15201274
LMArena Spanish15071290
LMArena German—1254
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1142

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following15371262

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query15321288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Text15151282
LMArena Creative Writing15331248
LMArena Multi-Turn14991277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than Qwen Max?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 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 5.5 lists at $4 and $20.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen Max share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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