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  5. Claude 3.7 Thinking SonnetvsQwen3.8 Flash
Updated Aug 2026

Claude 3.7 Thinking SonnetvsQwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper than Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet at $0.15/M vs $6/M input tokens.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and Qwen3.8 Flash compared across 8 shared prompts
SpecClaude 3.7 Thinking SonnetQwen3.8 Flash
Input price$6/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$30/M tokens$0.47/M tokens
Context window200K tokens1.0M tokens
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedFeb 2025Aug 2026
Our Verdict
Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet
Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet
Qwen3.8 Flash
Qwen3.8 Flash

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Qwen3.8 Flash costs 64x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet
Input
$6.00
Output
$30.00
Qwen3.8 Flash
Input
$0.15
40× cheaper
Output
$0.47
64× cheaper

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper on both: 40× input, 64× output.

Where to run it

1 host

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.8 Flash1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.15 in·$0.47 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3.8 Flash is developed by Qwen. Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet has a 200K token context window vs Qwen3.8 Flash's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 8 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and Qwen3.8 Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 8 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet costs $6/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3.8 Flash is $5.85/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and Qwen3.8 Flash across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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