Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Step 5 Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Step 5 Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.7 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 38.0 to 29.6.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 43.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-09-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.02M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.70 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 5 Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79), Step 5 Preview: 50.6 (#40)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1569 |
| SciCode | — | 58.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | — |
Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81), Step 5 Preview: 38.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1483 | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1473 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1534 | — |
| LMArena French | 1483 | — |
| LMArena German | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1472 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1477 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1478 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Step 5 Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Step 5 Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.7 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Step 5 Preview better for coding?
Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.6 versus 43.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Step 5 Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 3.