Model comparison

Qwen3-1.7B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-1.7B

Alibaba (Qwen)

26.6

Rank #336 Reported

Qwen3.7 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-1.7B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Plus in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 54.9 to 19.6.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 8.1% for Qwen3-1.7B and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3-1.7B and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	26.6	45.3
Released	2025-04-29	2026-06-02
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	1M
Max output	—	131K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	—	$1.60
Results tracked	4	32

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCode	—	10.2%
SciCode	—	45.5%
LMArena Coding	—	1473

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-1.7B leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	28.4%	—
OSWorld 2.0	—	2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
Chess Puzzles	0%	24%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	74.8%
CritPt	—	9.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1460
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	17%
DTBench	—	84%
LMCA	—	37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	147.37

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	8.1%	93.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	34.4%
LMArena Math	—	1466

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond	38%	87.9%
LMArena Expert	—	1467

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision	—	1279
LMArena Document	—	1444

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English	—	1445
LMArena Chinese	—	1510
LMArena French	—	1473
LMArena German	—	1471
LMArena Japanese	—	1413
LMArena Korean	—	1415
LMArena Russian	—	1457
LMArena Spanish	—	1457

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1440

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query	—	1455

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3-1.7B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-1.7B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text	—	1455
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1439
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1460

Frequently asked questions

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