Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 40.1 to 23.3.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1474 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1534 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 1495 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1471 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.