Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) by Anthropic against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking are both competitive models. Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.15/M for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking. Context windows: 200K vs 66K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) is made by anthropic while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is from qwen. Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's 66K. On pricing, Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.15/M for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 20× input, 10× output
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 57.7x more emoji
