Model comparison

Qwen Max vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 50.5 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.1% for Qwen Max and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Qwen Max and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Qwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.745.3
Released2024-04-032026-06-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window33K1M
Max output8K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.60$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$6.40$1.60
Results tracked2332

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding12881473
FrontierCode—10.2%
Aider Polyglot21.8%—
SciCode—45.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen Max: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12691460
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.37

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.1%93.3%
LMArena Math12751466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
MATH Level 567.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond56.1%87.9%
LMArena Expert12481467

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen Max: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English12631445
LMArena Chinese12541510
LMArena French13301473
LMArena German12541471
LMArena Japanese12051413
LMArena Korean11421415
LMArena Russian12741457
LMArena Spanish12901457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12621440

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12881455
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text12821455
LMArena Creative Writing12481439
LMArena Multi-Turn12771460

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Max better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Max or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Qwen Max or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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