Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen2.5-Max

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-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 36.9.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.940.7
Released2026-09-282025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3227

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding15131359
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1774—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
ALE-Bench1,819—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14951360
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03132.53
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math15101369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert15401337
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—
Confabulations—21.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English14521352
LMArena Chinese15221382
LMArena Russian14511353
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1304
LMArena Spanish—1377

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following14951335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query14981358

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text14711367
LMArena Creative Writing14651339
LMArena Multi-Turn14741364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen2.5-Max share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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