Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen3 Max
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in 4 of 4 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, and Long context.
Claude Opus 5.5
Yes. SOTA in Reasoning (tied), Coding (tied), Coding › Agentic (tied), Coding › Web dev, Long context (tied), and Factuality (tied).
Qwen3 Max
#84 Best recorded rank: #84 in Science, as of Oct 15, 2026.
| Category | Claude Opus 5.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #2 · Near-SOTA · General LLM Margin 1.0638297872340416 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #115 · #115 in General LLM Margin 61.170212765957444 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #1 · Co-SOTA · Reasoning Margin 0 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #108 · #108 in Reasoning Margin 57.97872340425532 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #31 · #31 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 22, 2026 | #84 · #84 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 24, 2025 |
| Coding | #1 · Co-SOTA · Coding Margin 0 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Coding › Agentic | #1 · Co-SOTA · Coding › Agentic Margin 0 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | — |
| Coding › Web dev | #1 · SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 0 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #1 · Co-SOTA · Long context Margin 0 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #118 · #118 in Long context Margin 62.765957446808514 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #4 · Near-SOTA · Vision Margin 13.15789473684211 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 22, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #1 · Co-SOTA · Factuality Margin 0 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 24, 2025 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #1 · #1 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 22, 2026 | — |
Claude Opus 5.5: $8.000000000000002 per 1M blended tokens.
Qwen3 Max: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Claude Opus 5.5: closed weights.
Qwen3 Max: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in General LLM at #2 against #115.
Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in Reasoning at #1 against #108.
Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in Science at #31 against #84.
Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in Long context at #1 against #118.
Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen3 Max?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in 4 of 4 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, and Long context.
Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen3 Max for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in General LLM at #2 against #115.
Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen3 Max for Reasoning?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in Reasoning at #1 against #108.
Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen3 Max for Science?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 5.5 leads Qwen3 Max in Science at #31 against #84.