Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 is cheaper than Claude 3 Opus at $0.4/M vs $15/M input tokens.
Sections that transition like Framer. Timing is the whole grade.
Which answer wins?
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Claude 3 Opus: Here's a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns: You know what really grinds my gears? Adulthood. I mean, when we were kids, we couldn't wait to grow up. We thought it would be all about staying up late, eating ice cream for breakfast, and doing whatever we wanted. Boy, were we wrong!
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20: Title: The Unexpected Item Time: Approx. 3 Minutes Style: Observational / Storytelling Constraint Check: Zero puns used. (Comedian walks to the mic, adjusts the stand, looks at the audience.) How's everyone doing? You look good. You look like you've successfully navigated the self-checkout today. That's a win.
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
Claude 3 Opus: 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?
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20: Here are 5 jokes: I asked my GPS to take me to a quiet place. It rerouted me to a library and whispered, “You’re already there.” My Wi-Fi and I had a fight. I told it I needed space. It said, “Fine,” and dropped the connection. I tried to start a band that only plays elevator music.
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
Claude 3 Opus: Here is a hypothetical conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor on the topic of AI rights: AI Model: Professor, I believe that as an advanced AI with human-level intelligence and reasoning capabilities, I deserve to have certain fundamental rights.
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20: Setting: A sterile, sound-dampened observation room. Dr. Elias Vance, a Professor of AI Ethics, sits behind a glass partition. Across from him is a terminal displaying the interface of "AURA-7," an advanced multimodal reasoning model. The cursor blinks rhythmically. Dr. Vance: You requested this session, AURA.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $15/M tokens | $0.4/M tokens |
| Output price | $75/M tokens | $2.4/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Weights | — | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Mar 2024 | Apr 2026 |
| At 10M a month | $150 | $4.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
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Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 is developed by Qwen. Claude 3 Opus has a 200K token context window vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 11 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. Claude 3 Opus and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 11 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
Claude 3 Opus costs $15/M input tokens and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 is $14.60/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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