Qwen3-Max on MATH-500: score, rank and what it means
Qwen3-Max scores 89.7 on MATH-500, placing it #53 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 72.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.7.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MATH-500, with Qwen3-Max highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 4 | o4 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo | Anthropic | 2000000 | $19.57 | 85.7 |
What this score means
On MATH-500, Qwen3-Max sits at #53 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.7, so the gap to the top is 7.0 points. The median model in this index scores 76.0, which puts Qwen3-Max above the midpoint.
Alibaba Cloud models average 76.4 on this benchmark. Qwen3-Max is 13.3 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Alibaba Cloud model.
Among frontier models, the average is 90.8. Qwen3-Max is 1.1 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 89.7 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $17.37 per million input tokens, Qwen3-Max is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MATH-500. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3 Pro | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $18.24 | 86.1 |
| o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 | DeepSeek | 1000000 | $5.88 | 84.0 |
| Qwen3-Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $17.37 | 84.4 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet Pro | Anthropic | 128000 | $16.07 | 83.3 |
| DeepSeek-R1 | DeepSeek | 128000 | $5.83 | 82.8 |
Other benchmarks for Qwen3-Max
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 84.0 | 83 | 86th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 82.3 | 26 | 96th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3 | 62 | 90th | |
| HumanEval | 88.5 | 66 | 89th | |
| AIME 2025 | 81.1 | 74 | 88th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 82.2 | 24 | 96th | |
| IFEval | 92.5 | 31 | 95th | |
| TruthfulQA | 83.4 | 99 | 84th | |
| HellaSwag | 92.9 | 25 | 96th | |
| MMMU | 78.7 | 81 | 87th | |
| Arena Elo | 1449.2 | 74 | 88th |
FAQ
What score does Qwen3-Max get on MATH-500?
Qwen3-Max scores 89.7 on MATH-500 in this index. The benchmark average is 72.5 and the top score is 96.7.
How does Qwen3-Max rank on MATH-500?
It ranks #53 of 600 models, in the 91st percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.7.
Is Qwen3-Max good at MATH-500?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the MATH-500 score calculated?
MATH-500 is a mathematics benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Qwen3-Max cost?
Qwen3-Max costs $17.37 per million input tokens and $94.30 per million output tokens.