# Qwen3.7 Plus vs Sonar

> Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-7-plus-vs-sonar
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 21.1.
- Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $1 for Sonar.
- Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 45.3 | 38.5 |
| Rank | 72 | 187 |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | $1 |
| Output $/M | $1.60 | $1 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)
- Sonar: 35.7 (#221)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 10.2% | — |
| SciCode | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1473 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld 2.0 | 2.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)
- Sonar: 21.1 (#227)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| CritPt | 9.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 24% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1460 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 17% | — |
| DTBench | 84% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 147.37 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |

## Math

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)
- Sonar: 33.7 (#200)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 34.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1466 | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | — |

## Multimodal

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1279 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1510 | — |
| LMArena French | 1473 | — |
| LMArena German | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1457 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)
- Sonar: 71.4 (#150)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1440 | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#167)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Plus | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Sonar?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Sonar?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Sonar lists at $1 and $1.

### Is Qwen3.7 Plus or Sonar better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (36.6 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Plus and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Plus has 32 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.