Model comparison

ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.0 0110 Baidu

41.8

Rank #129 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3 Max in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 39.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 10.3% for ERNIE 5.0 0110 and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Qwen3 Max specifications
ERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
ProviderBaiduAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.843.7
Released—2025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2033

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.0 (#94), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14551456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 17.0 (#297), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)10.3%30.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14451448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Thematic Generalization41.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.3 (#110), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Math14371446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.8 (#128), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Expert14281455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.9 (#53), Qwen3 Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1249—

Multilingual Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.1 (#49), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14361429
LMArena Chinese15121478
LMArena French14671449
LMArena German14601463
LMArena Japanese13821397
LMArena Korean14061399
LMArena Russian14461428
LMArena Spanish14731462

Instruction Following Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.5 (#92), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14131419

Long Context ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#95), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14221438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.1 (#66), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text14451439
LMArena Creative Writing14261402
LMArena Multi-Turn14341446

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (43.0 vs 43.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Qwen3 Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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