Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Claude 3 Sonnet by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen, tested across 4 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Claude 3 SonnetRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude 3 Sonnet
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
1.5× cheaper
Output
$6.00
2.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 2.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
40%
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max uses 427.3x more bold
Claude 3 Sonnet
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
48%Vocabulary48%
14wSentence Length17w
0.32Hedging0.95
0.0Bold4.3
3.6Lists8.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings1.92
0.38Transitions0.02
Based on 4 + 13 text responses
Research
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