Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.1

Rank #119 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3 Max in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 38.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 51.7% for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper at $0.40 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.143.7
Released2026-02-232025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$3.20$6
Results tracked2733

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14361456
LMArena WebDev1360—
SciCode35.6%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)51.7%30.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14211448
Mystery Game Puzzles17%5%
DTBench84.3%82.1%
LMCA32.2%28.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
CritPt0.9%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
Thematic Generalization51.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Too close to call

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Math14321446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert14321455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14001429
LMArena Chinese14621478
LMArena French14421449
LMArena German14261463
LMArena Japanese13671397
LMArena Korean13521399
LMArena Russian14001428
LMArena Spanish14241462

Instruction Following Too close to call

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13991419

Long Context Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14101438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14171439
LMArena Creative Writing13681402
LMArena Multi-Turn14161446

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Qwen3.5 122B-A10B or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3 Max share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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