Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare Claude 3.7 Sonnet by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 49 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview are both competitive models. Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens vs $1.04/M for Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview. Context windows: 200K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is made by anthropic while Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is from qwen. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview's 262K. On pricing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens vs $1.04/M for Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper on both — 2.9× input, 2.4× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Style Comparison
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 188.4x more emoji
