Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen3.7 Max
Wins 5 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Math
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Following instructions
Claude Opus 5 is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper and better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 35 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software80Claude Opus 58 of 8 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Claude Opus 54 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own40Claude Opus 54 of 4 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math30Claude Opus 53 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Claude Opus 52 of 3 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3.7 Max1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts00Even0 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.7 Max costs 67% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Opus 5 pulls ahead
- Complex command-line tasks across many fieldsTerminal-Bench 4.0+47.5points ahead
- Extremely hard research-level math problemsFrontierMath Tier 4+39points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+30.3points ahead
Where Qwen3.7 Max pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+35.2points ahead
- Follows detailed instructions exactlyLiveBench · Instruction Following+10.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 35 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Opus 5
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingClaude Opus 5 by 21.665.243.6+21.6
- SWE-bench ProClaude Opus 5 by 18.679.260.6+18.6
- LMArena · WebDevClaude Opus 5 by 180 rating points16951515+180 rating
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Opus 5 by 15.69680.4+15.6
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Opus 5 by 14.689.174.5+14.6
- SWE-bench MultilingualClaude Opus 5 by 11.289.578.3+11.2
- LiveBench · CodingClaude Opus 5 by 7.381.574.2+7.3
- SciCodeClaude Opus 5 by 6.956.449.5+6.9
AgentsClaude Opus 5
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Claude Opus 5 by 47.5491.5+47.5
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Opus 5 by 30.342.111.8+30.3
- GDPValClaude Opus 5 by 29.661.231.6+29.6
- MCP AtlasClaude Opus 5 by 9.485.876.4+9.4
ReasoningClaude Opus 5
- CritPtClaude Opus 5 by 15.729.113.4+15.7
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Opus 5 by 14.454.940.5+14.4
- SimpleBenchClaude Opus 5 by 10.280.670.4+10.2
- LiveBench · ReasoningClaude Opus 5 by 7.991.283.3+7.9
- GPQA Diamondtie93.292.3tie
FactsClaude Opus 5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.7 Max by 35.239.274.4+35.2
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Opus 5 by 29.860.931.1+29.8
- SimpleQA VerifiedClaude Opus 5 by 4.159.955.8+4.1
MathClaude Opus 5
- FrontierMath Tier 4Claude Opus 5 by 3973.234.1+39
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)Claude Opus 5 by 2185.664.6+21
- LiveBench · MathematicsClaude Opus 5 by 10.495.785.3+10.4
Following instructionsQwen3.7 Max
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingQwen3.7 Max by 10.263.874+10.2
Other results10 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- DeepSWE 1.1Claude Opus 5 by 47.268.821.6+47.2
- JobBenchClaude Opus 5 by 34.465.731.3+34.4
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Opus 5 by 32.356.223.9+32.3
- Toolathlon VerifiedClaude Opus 5 by 30.980.649.7+30.9
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Opus 5 by 23.637.113.5+23.6
- AA IntelligenceClaude Opus 5 by 21.350.829.5+21.3
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Opus 5 by 127866+12
- HLE (with tools)Claude Opus 5 by 10.163.653.5+10.1
- livebench_languageClaude Opus 5 by 988.779.7+9
- livebench_data_analysisClaude Opus 5 by 2.874.571.8+2.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 5 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Claude Opus 5 wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts and math. Qwen3.7 Max wins following instructions, and costs 67% less. They are level on long documents.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 5. It wins 8 of the 8 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.7 Max wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Opus 5 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $2.50 and $7.50. That makes Qwen3.7 Max about 67% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 35 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 25 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.