Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Sonar
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 52.6.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 37.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79), Sonar: 35.1 (#217)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81), Sonar: 20.3 (#221)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99), Sonar: 31.3 (#197)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1473 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1534 | — |
| LMArena French | 1483 | — |
| LMArena German | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1472 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28), Sonar: 71.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1477 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39), Sonar: 52.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Sonar?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Sonar better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.