# Claude 2.1 vs Qwen1.5-110B

> Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-qwen1-5-110b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 33.7 to 10.2.
- Qwen1.5-110B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 34.2 |
| Rank | 345 | 234 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 35% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1184 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 44.4% |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | 57.7 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1168 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1185 |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1144 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2.1: —
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena French | — | 1151 |
| LMArena German | — | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1142 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2.1: —
- Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1158 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2.1: —
- Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1157 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2.1: —
- Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1160 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 2.1 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-110B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.0 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Qwen1.5-110B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.