# Claude 3 Haiku vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-haiku-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Haiku scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 47.8 to 29.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 14.9% for Claude 3 Haiku and 67.2% for Qwen Max.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 340 | 230 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $6.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Haiku: 26.4 (#325)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1199 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| WeirdML | 9.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 39.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.1% | — |
| CadEval | 12% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 68.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 68.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Haiku: 16.3 (#307)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1174 | 1269 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 34.2% | — |
| DTBench | 50.1% | — |
| LMCA | 8.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.35 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.2 | — |
| WinoGrande | 74.2% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Haiku: 9.8 (#319)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.8% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Haiku: 17.3 (#285)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.3% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1148 | 1248 |
| Confabulations | 34.2% | — |
| MMLU | 73.8% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Haiku: 23.6 (#128)
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 950 | — |
| ScienceQA | 72% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Haiku: 36.0 (#243)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1178 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1155 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1195 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1174 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1102 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1109 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1204 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1166 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Haiku: 61.3 (#247)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1173 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Haiku: 36.1 (#237)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1190 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Haiku: 29.7 (#291)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1195 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1157 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1190 | 1277 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 717 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Haiku better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Haiku or Qwen Max better for coding?

Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 26.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen Max share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Haiku has 37 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.