# Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

> Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 54.1 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 51.5 |
| Rank | 319 | 43 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.80 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1471 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 3 Sonnet: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1457 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | 87.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | 149.24 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1465 |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1438 |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1457 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1456 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.