Model comparison
Qwen2.5-Max vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen2.5-Max scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 36.9.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.7 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2025-01-25 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 64.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 132.53 | 146.78 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 51.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1360 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 67.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| LiveBench | 62.3% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 58.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1369 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Confabulations | 21.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1382 | — |
| LMArena French | 1396 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1300 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1304 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1377 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 75.3% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1358 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Max | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1367 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1339 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 72.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 56.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5-Max better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5-Max and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen2.5-Max has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.