Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen1.5-7B
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 88.7 to 29.0.
- Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 60.5 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2026-09-28 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 65.5 (#6), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1699 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1107 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 44.9 (#14), Qwen1.5-7B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 52.4 (#29), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1066 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 88.7 (#4), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1080 |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#11), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1055 |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 53.2 (#5), Qwen1.5-7B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1006 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1058 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1090 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1061 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.5 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen1.5-7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.