Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen Max vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 39.0 to 22.3.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 33K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.743.2
Released2024-04-032025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window33K131K
Max output8K33K
Input $ / M tokens$1.60$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$6.40$2.80
Results tracked2318

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding12881439
Aider Polyglot21.8%—

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts12691428

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math12751426
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.1%—
MATH Level 567.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%—

Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert12481442
GPQA Diamond56.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen Max: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English12631405
LMArena Chinese12541463
LMArena French13301452
LMArena German12541424
LMArena Japanese12051385
LMArena Korean11421394
LMArena Russian12741408
LMArena Spanish12901428

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following12621406

Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query12881420
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkQwen MaxQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text12821420
LMArena Creative Writing12481366
LMArena Multi-Turn12771428

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Max better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Max or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Qwen Max or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B does, with 131K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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