# Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen2-5-7b-instruct-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 36.9 to 12.6.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 40.7 |
| Rank | 320 | 146 |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.17 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.70 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 7.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.51 | 132.53 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1360 |
| DTBench | 47.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 6.4% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |

## Math

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 29.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1369 |

## Knowledge

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 35.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.9% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 34.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
| MMLU | 72.9% | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
- Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1382 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1377 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
| IFEval | 74.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1335 |

## Long Context

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1339 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| WildBench | 73.1% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1364 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 7B Instruct and Qwen2.5-Max share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.