Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 55.5.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1413 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1473 | 1364 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | 1337 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1534 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1483 | 1394 |
| LMArena German | 1487 | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1497 | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | 1438 | 1307 |
| LMArena Russian | 1472 | 1367 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | 1356 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1477 | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 36.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.