Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen3 Max

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 80.2 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 91.2% for Claude Opus 5.5 and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for Claude Opus 5.5.
  • Claude Opus 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index68.643.7
Released2026-09-222025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$4$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$20$6
Results tracked4433

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding15471456
ALE-Bench2,147370.45
FrontierCode54.6%—
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 29,23571.56
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%30.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts15351448
Mystery Game Puzzles71%5%
DTBench98.9%82.1%
LMCA68.2%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33142.38
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
EBR-Bench71.4%—

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%73.3%
LMArena Math15061446
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
ProofBench100%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond90.6%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified72.2%48.7%
LMArena Expert15471455

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1321—
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English15071429
LMArena Chinese15881478
LMArena French15141449
LMArena Russian15201428
LMArena Spanish15071462
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following15371419

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query15321438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text15151439
LMArena Creative Writing15331402
LMArena Multi-Turn14991446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than Qwen3 Max?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 3.3× 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 Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 5.5 lists at $4 and $20.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen3 Max share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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