# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.7 Max only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.6 leads overall 64.26 to 63.46.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 51 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 89.2 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SuperGPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 95% and 73.6%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 64.26 | 63.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 34 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.6
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.5 (Supported · #47/119)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #60/119)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | 69.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | 65.2% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | 64.27% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | 18.7% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.6
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #45/144)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #54/144)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | 80.4% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 68.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 76.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 60.6 (#29/49)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.6 (Estimated · #44/171)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #41/171)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | 73.6% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | 89.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | 41.4% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/16)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 51 (#79/125)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 89.2 (#17/125)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Claude Opus 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 51 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 89.2 for Qwen3.7 Max.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 34 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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