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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 26 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

65.32/100
Margin
7.5pts
winning →
72.84/100
1 category wins2 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Sonnet 5 #29 (Estimated); Qwen3.7 Max #10 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Sonnet 5 and Qwen3.7 Max share 26 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 10 results are unique to Claude Sonnet 5; 32 to Qwen3.7 Max.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
26
Claude Sonnet 5 only
10
Qwen3.7 Max only
32
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick Qwen3.7 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Sonnet 5 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 26 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Qwen3.7 Max is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 72.84 to 65.32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.7 Max's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 64.2 against 57.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 57.4% to 41.4%. Claude Sonnet 5 does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Sonnet 5 and Qwen3.7 Max
CategoryClaude Sonnet 5ΔQwen3.7 Max
AgenticClaude Sonnet 581.9Margin← 12.2Qwen3.7 Max69.7
KnowledgeClaude Sonnet 557.4Margin→ 6.8Qwen3.7 Max64.2
CodingClaude Sonnet 576.7Margin→ 1.2Qwen3.7 Max77.9
ReasoningClaude Sonnet 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max90.4
MathClaude Sonnet 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max97.1
MultilingualClaude Sonnet 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max87.0
MultimodalClaude Sonnet 588.3MarginNo overlapQwen3.7 MaxNot measured
Inst. FollowingClaude Sonnet 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max84.4

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Sonnet 5B · Qwen3.7 Max

  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 57.4%B 41.4%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 5Δ 16
    HLE: Claude Sonnet 5 scored 57.4%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 41.4%. Claude Sonnet 5 wins this benchmark.

  2. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 80.4%B 69.7%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 5Δ 10.7
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Sonnet 5 scored 80.4%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 69.7%. Claude Sonnet 5 wins this benchmark.

  3. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 85.2%B 80.4%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 5Δ 4.8
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Sonnet 5 scored 85.2%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 80.4%. Claude Sonnet 5 wins this benchmark.

  4. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 63.2%B 60.6%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 5Δ 2.6
    SWE-bench Pro: Claude Sonnet 5 scored 63.2%; Qwen3.7 Max scored 60.6%. Claude Sonnet 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Sonnet 5$2 input / $10 outputQwen3.7 MaxNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Sonnet 5Not availableQwen3.7 MaxNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Sonnet 5Not availableQwen3.7 MaxNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Sonnet 51MQwen3.7 Max1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Sonnet 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 80.4%69.7%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
BrowseCompSource 84.7%—Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 57.4%53.5%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 81.2%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 16071273Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 46.7%30.6%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
GDPval-AASource 55.4%38.7%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA BriefcaseSource 1388908Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA AutomationBenchSource 39.2%25.6%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 44.7%45.0%Qwen3.7 Max leads
AA Harvey LABSource 90.1%83.4%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA Tau3 BankingSource 28.2%—Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 80.5%74.5%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
QwenClawBenchSource —64.3%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource —1568Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource —65.2%Not comparable
BFCL v4Source —75.0%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource —76.4%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource —47.9%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource —94.7%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource —64.27%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource —18.7%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource —42.5%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource —50.8%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.7 Max wins
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 85.2%80.4%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 63.2%60.6%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
SWE MultilingualSource 78.3%78.3%Tie
SWE MultimodalSource 28.1%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 80.4%69.7%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 42.7%—Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 61.5%—Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 71.5%66.0%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 53.6%48.8%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
NL2RepoSource —47.2%Not comparable
SciCodeSource —53.5%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource —91.6%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
AA-LCRSource 70.7%69.0%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
CritPtSource 16.9%13.4%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
MRCRv2Source —90.4%Not comparable
KnowledgeQwen3.7 Max wins
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
HLESource 57.4%41.4%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 43.2%—Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.4%46.0%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.1%92.3%Qwen3.7 Max leads
AA-HLESource 39.6%38.1%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 15.3%14.1%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.3%30.1%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 37.3%22.9%Qwen3.7 Max leads
GPQASource —92.4%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource —92.4%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource —89.6%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource —95%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —73.6%Not comparable
MMMLUSource —90.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source —97.1%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource —90.0%Not comparable
ApexSource —44.5%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
MMLU-ProXSource —87%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source —59.0%Not comparable
INCLUDESource —86.2%Not comparable
MAXIFESource —89.2%Not comparable
PolyMathSource —86.5%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
CharXivSource 88.3%—Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 77%—Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 77.3%—Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13141293Claude Sonnet 5 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Qwen3.7 MaxResult
IFEvalSource —94.3%Not comparable
IFBenchSource —79.1%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource —80.5%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 72.84 to 65.32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 57.4% and 41.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.2 versus 57.4. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.9 versus 76.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Claude Sonnet 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.9 versus 69.7. Inside this category, AA Briefcase is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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