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Claude 4 Sonnet vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

42.79/100
Margin
24.4pts
winning →
67.22/100
0 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 4 Sonnet #158 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Plus #21 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 4 Sonnet and Qwen3.7 Plus share 14 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Claude 4 Sonnet; 55 to Qwen3.7 Plus.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
14
Claude 4 Sonnet only
2
Qwen3.7 Plus only
55
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Qwen3.7 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 1 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 Plus is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 67.22 to 42.79. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.7 Plus's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 75.6 against 72.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 72.7% to 77.7%.

Qwen3.7 Plus is the reasoning model in the pair, while Claude 4 Sonnet is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Qwen3.7 Plus gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 4 Sonnet.

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 4 Sonnet and Qwen3.7 Plus
CategoryClaude 4 SonnetΔQwen3.7 Plus
CodingClaude 4 Sonnet72.7Margin 2.9Qwen3.7 Plus75.6
AgenticClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus71.7
ReasoningClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus91.7
KnowledgeClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus60.1
MathClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus92.9
MultilingualClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus85.4
MultimodalClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus81.5
Inst. FollowingClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus84.5

Decisive benchmark drivers

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

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A · Claude 4 SonnetB · Qwen3.7 Plus
  1. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 72.7%B 77.7%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 5
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude 4 Sonnet scored 72.7%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 77.7%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 4 Sonnet$3 input / $15 outputQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 4 Sonnet40 tok/sQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 4 Sonnet1.33 sQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 4 Sonnet200KQwen3.7 Plus1MQwen3.7 Plus lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 52.3%93%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Gert LabsSource 39.66%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 18.4%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 70.3%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 61.8%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1536Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.7%Not comparable
BFCL v4Source 72.9%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 73.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 45.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 62.3%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 73.3%Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource 81.0%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 20.8%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 22.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 21.8%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 936Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 2.8%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 72.7%77.7%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-SciCodeSource 37.3%45.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 70.3%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 57.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 75.8%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 41.1%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 51.3%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 89.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 55.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
AA-LCRSource 44.3%65.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
CritPtSource 1.1%9.1%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MRCRv2Source 91.7%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 25.5%39.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 68.3%90.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-HLESource 4.0%33.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -9.2%2.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.4%22.2%Claude 4 Sonnet leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 40.8%25.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
GPQASource 90.3%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 90.3%Not comparable
HLESource 34.7%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 88.5%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource 94.5%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 71.4%Not comparable
MMMLUSource 89.0%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source 92.9%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource 86.0%Not comparable
ApexSource 22.7%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
MMLU-ProXSource 85.4%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 58.8%Not comparable
INCLUDESource 83.0%Not comparable
MAXIFESource 88.8%Not comparable
PolyMathSource 84.0%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 62.4%80.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 11751288Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MMMU-ProSource 79%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 90.3%Not comparable
CharXivSource 85.9%Not comparable
ERQASource 69.8%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 71.0%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 79.0%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 81.7%Not comparable
MMSearch-PlusSource 41.4%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource 86.9%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source 91.4%Not comparable
OCRBench V2Source 70.7%Not comparable
ODINW13Source 51.1%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 88.0%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 85.4%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source 87.4%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetQwen3.7 PlusResult
AA-IFBenchSource 45.4%78.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
IFEvalSource 94.6%Not comparable
IFBenchSource 79.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude 4 Sonnet or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 67.22 to 42.79. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 72.7% and 77.7%.

Which is better for coding, Claude 4 Sonnet or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 75.6 versus 72.7. Inside this category, AA-SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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