Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3 8B

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Qwen3 8B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.7

Rank #238 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.7 Max scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 8B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 49.2 to 16.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max and 56.1% for Qwen3 8B.
  • Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.18 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index51.533.7
Released2026-05-192025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output131K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.18
Output $ / M tokens$7.50$0.70
Results tracked3311

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
SciCode48.8%22.6%
SWE-bench Verified77.3%—
LMArena WebDev1515—
LMArena Coding1498—
ALE-Bench1,189—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 8B leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135), Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—42.6%
GBAEval0.4%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
CritPt13.4%0%
Chess Puzzles19%5%
DTBench92.3%59.7%
LMCA44%8.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.68136.17
SimpleBench70.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)85.1%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1483—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%56.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 434.1%—
ProofBench26%—
LMArena Math1490—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
GPQA Diamond90.9%56.8%
SimpleQA Verified55.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.8%
LMArena Expert1488—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
LMArena Non-English1474—
LMArena Chinese1530—
LMArena Russian1484—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.1%
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxQwen3 8B
LMArena Text1476—
LMArena Creative Writing1449—
EQ-Bench 41110—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Max better than Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3 8B share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.

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