# Claude 2 vs Qwen3.5 27B

> Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 36.8 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 82.4% for Qwen3.5 27B.
- Qwen3.5 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 41.4 |
| Rank | 342 | 127 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.6 (#159)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1357 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1427 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 20.8 (#213)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 26.6 (#116)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 82.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 47.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1414 |
| LMCA | — | 34% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2: 8.7 (#314)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 36.8 (#103)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1428 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 17.0 (#282)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 37.4 (#149)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1428 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.7 (#56)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1240 |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 51.0 (#112)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1409 |
| LMArena German | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1359 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1408 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 73.7 (#114)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1393 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#103)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 59.5 (#106)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1410 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3.5 27B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.