Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 44.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Anthropic

44.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.4

Rank #35 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.3 to 31.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 37.3% for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and 85.1% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Claude Sonnet 4.5.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Claude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index44.051.4
Released2025-09-292026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output64K131K
Input $ / M tokens$3$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$15$7.50
Results tracked7333

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 47.8 (#54), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.2 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
SWE-bench Verified71.3%77.3%
LMArena WebDev13931515
SciCode44.7%48.8%
LMArena Coding14891498
ALE-Bench796.151,189
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)71.4%—
SWE-bench Multilingual67%—
GSO14.7%—
WeirdML47.7%—
AlgoTune1.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 38.1 (#30), Qwen3.7 Max: 21.8 (#129)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
Terminal-Bench46.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard73.2%—
GDPval42.5%—
Remote Labor Index2.1%—
τ²-bench Airline72%—
τ²-bench Banking25.3%—
τ²-bench Retail72.4%—
τ²-bench Telecom84.9%—
Cybench60%—
DeepResearch Bench52.6%—
OSWorld62.9%—
GBAEval—0.4%
LMArena Search1159—
METR Time Horizons67.4%—
Vending-Bench 23,839—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 26.9 (#113), Qwen3.7 Max: 48.4 (#36)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench54.3%70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)37.3%85.1%
CritPt1.1%13.4%
Chess Puzzles12%19%
EBR-Bench2.4%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14621483
Mystery Game Puzzles17%32%
DTBench83.2%92.3%
LMCA38.8%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index146.84153.74
ARC-AGI-213.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
EnigmaEval6%—
ForecastBench61.9—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 31.9 (#190), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.3 (#26)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)23.9%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%95.6%
ProofBench19%26%
LMArena Math14481488
Omni-MATH55.3%—
MATH Level 597.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)15.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 48.4 (#70), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.7 (#24)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond82.3%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified30.7%55.8%
LMArena Expert14831488
Humanity's Last Exam13.7%—
MMLU-Pro86.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12%—
GPQA (HELM)68.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 34.1 (#84), Qwen3.7 Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
VPCT39.8%—
LMArena Document1450—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 53.6 (#65), Qwen3.7 Max: 57.1 (#13)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14251475
LMArena Chinese14591533
LMArena Russian14361482
LMArena French1459—
LMArena German1427—
LMArena Japanese1390—
LMArena Korean1403—
LMArena Spanish1457—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 75.2 (#74), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14591460
IFEval85%—

Long Context Too close to call

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 45.2 (#45), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#34)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14761484

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.5: 66.7 (#33), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.2 (#52)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14391476
LMArena Creative Writing14421450
LMArena Multi-Turn14651482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1678—
WildBench85.4%—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 44.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 Sonnet 4.5 lists at $3 and $15.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.2 versus 47.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4.5 has 73 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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