Model comparison

Qwen3-4B vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-4B

Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #264 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 33.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 52.2% for Qwen3-4B and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.
Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3-4B and Qwen3 Max specifications
	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	31.9	43.7
Released	2025-04-29	2025-09-23
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	262K
Max output	—	66K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$1.20
Output $ / M tokens	—	$6
Results tracked	6	33

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding	—	1456
ALE-Bench	—	370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100), Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	35.7%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
Chess Puzzles	4%	4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	30.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1448
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	5%
DTBench	—	82.1%
LMCA	—	28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	52.2%	73.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	18.9%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	38.5%	—
LMArena Math	—	1446
MATH Level 5	—	97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond	52.3%	72.6%
SimpleQA Verified	—	48.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	5.7%	—
LMArena Expert	—	1455

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English	—	1429
LMArena Chinese	—	1478
LMArena French	—	1449
LMArena German	—	1463
LMArena Japanese	—	1397
LMArena Korean	—	1399
LMArena Russian	—	1428
LMArena Spanish	—	1462

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1419

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench	—	66.7%
CL-bench	—	14.5%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1438

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3-4B	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text	—	1439
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1402
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1446

Frequently asked questions

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