# Qwen3 Max vs QwQ-32B

> Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-max-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 Max scores higher in 6 categories and QwQ-32B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.6 to 50.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 66.7% for Qwen3 Max and 83.3% for QwQ-32B.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 82 | 153 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.20 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)
- QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1456 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 370.45 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3 Max: —
- QwQ-32B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 71.56 | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)
- QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1326 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.41 | 137.6 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 72.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 30.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 5% | — |
| DTBench | 82.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 28.3% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)
- QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1447 | 1359 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 18.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 97.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 72.6% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1457 | 1323 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48.7% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)
- QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1429 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1479 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1450 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1463 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1428 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1463 | 1353 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)
- QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |

## Long Context

- Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | 83.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | 1308 |
| CL-bench | 14.5% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)
- QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

| Benchmark | Qwen3 Max | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1446 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3 Max better than QwQ-32B?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen3 Max or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3 Max and QwQ-32B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.