Model comparison
Qwen Max vs Qwen3-1.7B
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen Max leads 30.3 to 19.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 56.1% for Qwen Max and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.
- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.4 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2024-04-03 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 21.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Max: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1270 | — |
Math Qwen Max leads
Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.1% | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1275 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |
Knowledge Qwen Max leads
Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | — |
| LMArena French | 1329 | — |
| LMArena German | 1254 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1141 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1274 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1262 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1289 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Max better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen3-1.7B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.