Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 22.4.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.3 | 34.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1487 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1474 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1476 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.