Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 88.7 to 34.9.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper at $1.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 60.5 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2026-09-28 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 65.5 (#6), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1699 | 1275 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | 461.45 |
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1413 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 44.9 (#14), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 52.4 (#29), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1372 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 88.7 (#4), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1364 |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#11), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 53.2 (#5), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1356 |
| LMArena French | — | 1394 |
| LMArena German | — | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1307 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1356 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 5.5 lists at $2 and $10.
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.5 versus 36.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.