Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Qwen3 Max
ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.8 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Baidu
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3 Max in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 41.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 43.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Too close to call
ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | 30.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1455 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1462 |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1419 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Qwen3 Max?
ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.8 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3 Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.