Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen2.5-Max

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

54.5

Rank #26 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.1

Rank #142 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 66.1 to 34.3.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.540.1
Released2026-06-292025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked5127

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#20), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding14831359
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
CursorBench34.1%—
LMArena WebDev1540—
SciCode53.6%—
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
ALE-Bench1,463—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.7 (#16), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
APEX-Agents54.5%—
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—
Vending-Bench 26,378—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 48.2 (#37), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14611360
Epoch Capabilities Index156.34132.54
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
CritPt16.9%—
Chess Puzzles35%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench92.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
ForecastBench61.1—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.1 (#21), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math14671369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%—
ProofBench77%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.7 (#42), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert14911337
GPQA Diamond90.5%—
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—
Confabulations—21.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#26), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1275—
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 54.0 (#55), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English14311352
LMArena Chinese14751382
LMArena French14571396
LMArena German14481350
LMArena Japanese14221299
LMArena Korean14111304
LMArena Russian14521353
LMArena Spanish14361377

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.6 (#39), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following14531335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#53), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query14641358

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.4 (#24), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text14431367
LMArena Creative Writing14161339
LMArena Multi-Turn14541364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
EQ-Bench 41236—
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 41.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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