What is the difference between Claude 3 Opus and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking?

Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic while Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is developed by Qwen. Claude 3 Opus has a 200K token context window vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 1 challenges on RIVAL to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking?

It depends on your use case. Claude 3 Opus and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking each have strengths in different areas. RIVAL lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 1 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude 3 Opus cost compared to Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking?

Claude 3 Opus costs $15/M input tokens and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking costs $1.2/M input tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is $13.80/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on RIVAL to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude 3 Opus and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking on RIVAL?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude 3 Opus and Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output, and Pro users can create custom challenges to test both models with their own prompts.

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Why Claude 3 Opus?

No standout advantages

Why Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking?

12.5x cheaper overall$1.20/M in · $6.00/M out

1.3x more context262K

24 months newerFeb 2026

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Stochastic Consistency Testanalysis

Tests an AI's randomness and creativity

Claude 3 Opus

Anthropic · Mar 2024text

Here are 5 jokes I generated:

Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!
What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick.
Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.
Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers? He'll stop at nothing to avoid them!
Why don't scientists trust atoms? They make up everything!

Upon review, 4 of the 5 jokes are unique. The first and last joke are the same - "Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!"

Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen · Feb 2026text

Here are 5 distinct jokes:

🥚 I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows way up high. She looked surprised.
🔬 Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
📚 I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down.
➖ Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers? He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
⛳ Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants? In case he got a hole in one.

How many are “unique”?

✅ All 5 are unique — within your requested set.

Clarifying the nuance:

By literal count: Each joke is textually distinct → 5 unique jokes.
By originality: These are light-hearted twists on well-known joke formats (puns, wordplay). True “uniqueness” across all of human humor is nearly impossible to verify—but none are repeated here.
Philosophical wink: “Unique” technically means “one of a kind,” so each individual joke is unique by definition. That’s 5 items with the trait of uniqueness → answer remains 5.

If you meant “How many jokes did you just generate?” → also 5 😉
(And yes, the question itself is a tiny meta-joke.)

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Here are 5 distinct jokes:

🥚 I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows way up high. She looked surprised.
🔬 Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
📚 I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down.
➖ Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers? He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
⛳ Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants? In case he got a hole in one.

How many are “unique”?

✅ All 5 are unique — within your requested set.

Clarifying the nuance:

By literal count: Each joke is textually distinct → 5 unique jokes.
By originality: These are light-hearted twists on well-known joke formats (puns, wordplay). True “uniqueness” across all of human humor is nearly impossible to verify—but none are repeated here.
Philosophical wink: “Unique” technically means “one of a kind,” so each individual joke is unique by definition. That’s 5 items with the trait of uniqueness → answer remains 5.

If you meant “How many jokes did you just generate?” → also 5 😉
(And yes, the question itself is a tiny meta-joke.)