Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen-VL Max

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has enough public results to be ranked (#10); Qwen-VL Max does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Qwen-VL Max Alibaba (Qwen)

35.9

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen-VL Max in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multimodal, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 51.5 to 32.3.
  • Qwen-VL Max is cheaper at $0.80 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.935.9
Released2026-09-282024-01-18
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M131K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.80
Output $ / M tokens$10$3.20
Results tracked323

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1774—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
LMArena Coding1513—
ALE-Bench1,819—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1495—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
LMArena Math1510—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—
LMArena Expert1540—

Multimodal Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Qwen-VL Max: 32.3 (#101)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
LMArena Vision12891213
Video-MME—51.3%
Furniture Assembly75%—
SpatialViz-Bench—32%

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
LMArena Non-English1452—
LMArena Chinese1522—
LMArena Russian1451—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
LMArena Instruction Following1495—

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
LMArena Longer Query1498—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Qwen-VL Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen-VL Max
LMArena Text1471—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
LMArena Multi-Turn1474—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Qwen-VL Max?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has enough public results to be ranked (#10); Qwen-VL Max does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen-VL Max?

Qwen-VL Max is cheaper. It lists at $0.80 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 5.5 lists at $2 and $10.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

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

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-VL Max has 3.

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