Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Claude Haiku 4.5 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Claude Haiku 4.5Runner-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 Haiku 4.5
Input
$1.00
2.0× cheaper
Output
$5.00
1.2× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 1.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
69%
Claude Haiku 4.5 uses 20.4x more emoji
Claude Haiku 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
61%Vocabulary48%
47wSentence Length17w
0.64Hedging0.95
5.1Bold4.3
6.3Lists8.2
0.20Emoji0.00
2.46Headings1.92
0.17Transitions0.02
Based on 24 + 13 text responses
Research
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