Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen Max

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

54.5

Rank #26 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.4

Rank #226 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 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 leads 66.1 to 21.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.7% for Claude Sonnet 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.
  • Claude Sonnet 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.534.4
Released2026-06-292024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$10$6.40
Results tracked5123

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#20), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Coding14831288
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
CursorBench34.1%—
LMArena WebDev1540—
SciCode53.6%—
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
ALE-Bench1,463—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.7 (#16), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
APEX-Agents54.5%—
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—
Vending-Bench 26,378—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 48.2 (#37), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14611270
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
CritPt16.9%—
Chess Puzzles35%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench92.5%—
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.34—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.1 (#21), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%16.1%
LMArena Math14671275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench77%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.7 (#42), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond90.5%56.1%
LMArena Expert14911248
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#26), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1275—
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 54.0 (#55), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English14311263
LMArena Chinese14751254
LMArena French14571329
LMArena German14481254
LMArena Japanese14221205
LMArena Korean14111141
LMArena Russian14521274
LMArena Spanish14361290

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.6 (#39), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14531262

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#53), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14641289
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.4 (#24), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen Max
LMArena Text14431282
LMArena Creative Writing14161248
LMArena Multi-Turn14541277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
EQ-Bench 41236—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Qwen Max?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Sonnet 5 does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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