# Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 5 and Qwen3.7 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-qwen3-7-plus
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.7 Plus only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 5 leads overall 66.99 to 55.84.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 64.6 for Claude Sonnet 5 and 35.2 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 57.4% and 34.7%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 66.99 | 55.84 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 52 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 5
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #12/117)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 35.2 (Supported · #66/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 81.2% | 73.3% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.5% | 52.8% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 61.8% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 2.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #19/142)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #54/142)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 85.2% | 77.7% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.2% | 57.6% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.3% | 75.8% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE Multimodal | 28.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 61.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 41.1% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 51.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 78.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 75.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 9.1% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 78.4 (#15/50)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 73.5 (#19/50)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 88.3% | 85.9% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 71.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 79.0% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MMSearch-Plus | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.5 (Supported · #26/168)
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 52.4 (Estimated · #55/168)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 57.4% | 34.7% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | 31.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 78.9 (#3/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 83.0% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 89.2 (#18/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Plus public-lane score: 78.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Claude Sonnet 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 5 and Qwen3.7 Plus?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 64.6 for Claude Sonnet 5 and 35.2 for Qwen3.7 Plus.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 5 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Qwen3.7 Plus currently has 52 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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