Model comparison

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 54.9 to 37.0.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct specifications
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index45.338.1
Released2026-06-022025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output131K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$1.50
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$7.50
Results tracked3225

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Coding14731412
FrontierCode10.2%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1275
SciCode45.5%—
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
OSWorld 2.02.8%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14601372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
CritPt9.1%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Mystery Game Puzzles17%—
DTBench84%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index147.37—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math14661365
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)34.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert14671338
GPQA Diamond87.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Vision1279—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English14451346
LMArena Chinese15101357
LMArena French14731398
LMArena German14711325
LMArena Japanese14131310
LMArena Korean14151305
LMArena Russian14571366
LMArena Spanish14571360

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14401355

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14551378

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text14551357
LMArena Creative Writing14391333
LMArena Multi-Turn14601365

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

Is Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Plus has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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