# Qwen Max vs Qwen1.5-7B

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-max-vs-qwen1-5-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Max scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 48.0 to 29.8.
- Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.4 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 226 | 270 |
| Context | 33K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.60 | — |
| Output $/M | $6.40 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1107 |
| Aider Polyglot | 21.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1270 | 1066 |

## Math

- Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1275 | 1080 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1055 |
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1263 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1274 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1329 | — |
| LMArena German | 1254 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1141 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1262 | 1058 |

## Long Context

- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1289 | 1090 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

| Benchmark | Qwen Max | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1084 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1248 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | 1061 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen Max better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen Max or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen Max and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Max has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.