Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen Max

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.934.7
Released2026-09-282024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$10$6.40
Results tracked3223

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Coding15131288
FrontierCode52.1%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1774—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
ALE-Bench1,819—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14951269
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%16.1%
LMArena Math15101275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
ProofBench100%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond95.6%56.1%
LMArena Expert15401248
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English14521263
LMArena Chinese15221254
LMArena Russian14511274
LMArena French—1330
LMArena German—1254
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1142
LMArena Spanish—1290

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14951262

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14981288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Text14711282
LMArena Creative Writing14651248
LMArena Multi-Turn14741277

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Qwen Max?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 5.5 lists at $2 and $10.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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