Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

38.1

Rank #190 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 37.6.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper at $1.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.938.1
Released2026-09-282025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.50
Output $ / M tokens$10$7.50
Results tracked3225

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena WebDev17741275
LMArena Coding15131412
ALE-Bench1,819461.45
FrontierCode52.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
CursorBench55.5%—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14951372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math15101365
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert15401338
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English14521346
LMArena Chinese15221357
LMArena Russian14511366
LMArena French—1398
LMArena German—1325
LMArena Japanese—1310
LMArena Korean—1305
LMArena Spanish—1360

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14951355

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14981378

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text14711357
LMArena Creative Writing14651333
LMArena Multi-Turn14741365

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 5.5 lists at $2 and $10.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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