Model comparison
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (46.0 vs 45.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 397B-A17B scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads 53.3 to 41.8.
- Qwen3.5 397B-A17B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.0 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2026-02-01 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 42.0 (#114), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1487 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1400 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 33.3 (#53), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 24.9% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 81.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 84.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 97.8% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 34.5 (#70), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 73.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 58.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 13% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 65.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 18% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.65 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 46.1 (#73), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1454 | 1474 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 31.2% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 53.3 (#58), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1462 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 86.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 40.7 (#44), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 53.7 (#59), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1500 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1426 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1441 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 75.0 (#77), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 44.1 (#74), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: 62.3 (#79), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1438 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1446 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1478 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 397B-A17B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (46.0 vs 45.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 42.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 397B-A17B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 397B-A17B has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.