Model comparison
Qwen Max vs Qwen3-4B
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 31.9 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 1 category and Qwen3-4B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-4B leads 29.7 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.1% for Qwen Max and 52.2% for Qwen3-4B.
- Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.7 | 31.9 |
| 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 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 21.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Max: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1269 | — |
Math Qwen3-4B leads
Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.1% | 52.2% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| LMArena Math | 1275 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | — |
| LMArena French | 1330 | — |
| LMArena German | 1254 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1142 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1274 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1262 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1288 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Max better than Qwen3-4B?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen3-4B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.