Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen2.5-Max
Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5-Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 36.9 to 23.3.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 40.7 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1360 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.53 |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1369 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
Multilingual Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1382 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 1300 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1353 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1304 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1377 |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen2.5-Max share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.