Claude 3 Haiku vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare Claude 3 Haiku by Anthropic against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) are both competitive models. Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking). Context windows: 200K vs 1000K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Claude 3 Haiku is made by anthropic while Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is from qwen. Claude 3 Haiku has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)'s 1000K. On pricing, Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking).
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Claude 3 Haiku is 3.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 34.0x more emoji
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