# Ornith-1.5-9B vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ornith-1.5-9B and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ornith-1-5-9b-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8 Max leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8 Max has the higher overall point estimate 72.12 to 28.63. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 18 for Ornith-1.5-9B and 65.2 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 46.2% and 86.6%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.8 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ornith AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 28.63 | 72.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #101/119)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 65.2 (Supported · #14/119)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | 86.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| HLE w/ tools | 30.5% | 56.2% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MCP Atlas | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 41.2% | 72.5% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| WideResearch | 59.5% | 81.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| BrowseComp | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 66.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 27.3% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 67.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #30/144)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | 86.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.5% | 67.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE Multilingual | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 32.4% | 55.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 15.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 88.4 (#5/49)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #134/171)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 66.1 (Supported · #23/171)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86.4% | 92.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA-D | 86.4% | 92.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| HLE | 20.2% | 43.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| HLE w/o tools | 20.2% | 43.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 89.8 (#16/125)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ornith-1.5-9B or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ornith-1.5-9B and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 18 for Ornith-1.5-9B and 65.2 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 60 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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