Model comparison
Qwen3.5-9B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 44.0 to 35.9.
- Qwen3.5-9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.8 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2026-02-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 9.2% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1483 |
| DTBench | 71.2% | — |
| LMCA | 24.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 139.46 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 48.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 61.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 79% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.5-9B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.5-9B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.5-9B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.5-9B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5-9B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5-9B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5-9B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5-9B has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.