Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen Max

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.5

Rank #3 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.4

Rank #226 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 92.4 to 21.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for Claude Opus 5.5 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for Claude Opus 5.5.
  • Claude Opus 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index68.534.4
Released2026-09-222024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$4$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$20$6.40
Results tracked3523

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.4 (#1), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Coding15451288
FrontierCode54.4%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1820—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#13), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 79.5 (#2), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts15451270
ARC-AGI-292.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench71.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
DTBench98.9%—
LMCA68.2%—

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 92.4 (#2), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%16.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
ProofBench100%—
LMArena Math—1275
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.6 (#9), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond90.6%56.1%
LMArena Expert15641248
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 56.5 (#2), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.8 (#1), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English15131263
LMArena Chinese15721254
LMArena Russian15321274
LMArena French—1329
LMArena German—1254
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1141
LMArena Spanish—1290

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.1 (#2), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following15351262

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.3 (#18), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query15401289
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.7 (#3), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen Max
LMArena Text15181282
LMArena Creative Writing15381248
LMArena Multi-Turn15201277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than Qwen Max?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 5.5 lists at $4 and $20.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.4 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen Max share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

Related comparisons

Go deeper