# Claude 2 vs Qwen3-1.7B

> Qwen3-1.7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.2 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-1.7B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-1.7B leads 15.4 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 8.1% for Qwen3-1.7B.
- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 26.2 |
| Rank | 342 | 331 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 20.8 (#213)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2: 8.7 (#314)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 8.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 17.0 (#282)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 38% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Qwen3-1.7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.2 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3-1.7B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.