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Model comparison

Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.8 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Max costs 2.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5 Anthropic

67.8

Rank #4 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Claude Opus 5 leads 55.6 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GBAEval: 79.6% for Claude Opus 5 and 0.4% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 5.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index67.851.5
Released2026-07-242026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$5$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$25$7.50
Results tracked5733

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 67.5 (#5), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev16911515
SciCode56.4%48.8%
LMArena Coding15341498
ALE-Bench2,1651,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
DeepSWE73.6%—
FrontierCode53.4%—
CursorBench46.6%—
FrontierSWE52%—
WeirdML91.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 55.6 (#1), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
GBAEval79.6%0.4%
APEX-Agents65.8%—
OSWorld 2.031.4%—
τ²-bench Banking48.7%—
PostTrainBench35%—
BALROG63.4%—
GDP.pdf24%—
Vending-Bench 211,182—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 77.2 (#4), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench80.6%70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)94.3%85.1%
CritPt29.1%13.4%
Chess Puzzles42%19%
EBR-Bench45.7%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts15261483
Mystery Game Puzzles59%32%
DTBench97.9%92.3%
LMCA64.5%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.78153.68
ARC-AGI-290.4%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.12—

Math Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 86.2 (#8), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)85.6%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 473.2%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%95.6%
ProofBench99%26%
LMArena Math15311490

Knowledge Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 66.8 (#9), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond93.9%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified59.9%55.8%
LMArena Expert15571488

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5: 50.8 (#8), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1319—
Blueprint-Bench 230.4%—
Furniture Assembly60.8%—
LMArena Document1516—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 58.8 (#4), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English15011474
LMArena Chinese15741530
LMArena Russian15071484
LMArena French1519—
LMArena German1524—
LMArena Japanese1516—
LMArena Korean1521—
LMArena Spanish1519—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.2 (#7), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following15171460

Long Context Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 46.5 (#21), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query15151482

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.2 (#1), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text15071476
LMArena Creative Writing14911449
EQ-Bench 413851110
LMArena Multi-Turn14991481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2133—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.8 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Max costs 2.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5 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 5 lists at $5 and $25.

Is Claude Opus 5 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Claude Opus 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.5 versus 50.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5 has 57 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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