Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 43.5 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 6 categories and Qwen3 Max in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 29.6 to 22.0.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 43.5 |
| Released | — | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.41 |
Math Too close to call
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1473 | 1447 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | 1457 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1534 | 1479 |
| LMArena French | 1483 | 1450 |
| LMArena German | 1487 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1497 | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | 1438 | 1397 |
| LMArena Russian | 1472 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | 1463 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | 1420 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1477 | 1439 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Qwen3 Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.