Model comparison
Qwen3.7 Max vs QwQ-32B
Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.7 Max scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 49.2 to 23.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 51.5 | 39.8 |
| Released | 2026-05-19 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1498 | 1333 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.3% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1515 | — |
| SciCode | 48.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,189 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | 0.4% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 19% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | 1325 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.68 | 137.6 |
| SimpleBench | 70.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.1% | — |
| CritPt | 13.4% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 9.5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 32% | — |
| DTBench | 92.3% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 44% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1490 | 1359 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 64.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 34.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 26% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1488 | 1324 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 55.8% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1530 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1484 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1336 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads
Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1476 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1449 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1110 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.7 Max better than QwQ-32B?
Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3.7 Max or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Max and QwQ-32B share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.