Model comparison
Qwen1.5-72B vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-72B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 11.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 28.8% for Qwen1.5-72B and 72.6% for Qwen3 Max.
- Qwen1.5-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-04 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1165 | 1456 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 59.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1148 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1164 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.8% | 72.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1136 | 1455 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1135 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1186 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1159 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1084 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1061 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1050 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1104 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1110 | 1462 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1141 | 1419 |
Long Context Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1157 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1137 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-72B better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen1.5-72B or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-72B and Qwen3 Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-72B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.