Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare Claude 3.7 Sonnet by Anthropic against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) are both competitive models. Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking). Context windows: 200K vs 1000K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is made by anthropic while Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is from qwen. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)'s 1000K. On pricing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking).
Per 1M tokens
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 7.5× input, 3.8× output
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is 3.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 34.0x more emoji
