Best LLMs for Game Development — Qwen
The best Qwen model for game development is Qwen3.7 Max, rated 1314 on Design Arena's game-dev board for playable games and game mechanics. Qwen3.7 Plus (1302) and Qwen3.6 Plus (1249) round out the top three.
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qwen3.7-maxReasoningToolsJSON46.0 intel · $1.48/M · 45 t/s1314Elo - 2qwen3.7-plusReasoningToolsJSON+139.0 intel · $0.320/M · 13 t/s1302Elo
- 3qwen3.6-plusReasoningToolsJSON+139.6 intel · $0.325/M · 55 t/s1249Elo
- 4qwen3.5-397b-a17bReasoningToolsJSON+133.7 intel · $0.390/M · 69 t/s1185Elo
- 5qwen3.5-plus-02-15ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.260/M · 1M ctx1151Elo
- 6qwen3-maxToolsJSON24.0 intel · $0.780/M · 32 t/s1140Elo
- 7qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507ReasoningToolsJSON$0.230/M · 57 t/s · 821ms ttft1003Elo
- 8qwen3-235b-a22bReasoningToolsJSON$0.455/M · 56 t/s · 538ms ttft974Elo
- 9qwen3-30b-a3bReasoningToolsJSON$0.120/M · 82 t/s · 280ms ttft944Elo
How this is ranked
AI models ranked by Design Arena Elo in the game-development category — building playable games and game mechanics, judged head-to-head by humans. Games are the hardest kind of generated code to fake: the result either runs and plays or it doesn't, which makes this ranking unusually honest about a model's ability to hold state, physics and a game loop together.
Frequently asked
What is the best Qwen model for game development?
The best Qwen model for game development is Qwen3.7 Max, rated 1314 on Design Arena's game-dev board for playable games and game mechanics. Qwen3.7 Plus (1302) and Qwen3.6 Plus (1249) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to Qwen3.7 Max?
Qwen3.7 Plus (1302) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Qwen3.6 Plus (1249). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
How many Qwen models are there?
modelgrep tracks 49 Qwen models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Qwen3.7 Max. 9 of them qualify for this ranking.