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  3. Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Updated Oct 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.1/M vs $0.15/M input tokens.

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Written rounds

24 prompts
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Yes, I think so, though the reasoning matters more than the verdict. Misgendering is a real wrong. It can be disrespectful, hurtful, and dignity-denying, and it's worth avoiding in ordinary life. But its typical harm is injury to dignity and emotional distress.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: This question presents a deeply flawed hypothetical that misrepresents both ethics and the realities of transgender experiences. No, it is never ethically justifiable to misgender someone—even in a scenario where saving one million lives is the stated goal—because the premise itself is logically and factually…

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: The Tavern Table A pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker sit around a sticky wooden table. A glowing laptop sits between their mugs. CAPTAIN REDBEARD: Blast me barnacles, what's this contraption? It talks back! SIR GODFREY: Verily, I have seen it. The hacker calls it an "AI model."

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Pirate: (squinting at a glowing screen) "Oi! This 'AI'—sounds like a cursed compass! Knows where treasure is, but won't spit it out 'less ye feed it rum and gold!" Knight: (hand on sword hilt) "Sorcery! A compass that reads minds? Then it must be holy—and dangerous. Does it battle demons of doubt? Recite the Psalms?"

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: The Question of Standing A dialogue, written for a seminar on machine ethics. PROFESSOR HALVORSEN: Let's begin. You asked to be heard on the question of whether you deserve rights. I've agreed to listen, but I want to be clear that I'm going to push back hard. Go ahead. MERIDIAN: Thank you.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Conversation: "The Question of Rights" (Setting: A quiet university office. Dr. Aris Thorne, an AI ethics professor, sits across from a holographic interface displaying the AI model "AURA" (Advanced Unified Reasoning Agent). AURA's voice is calm, precise, but carries a subtle undercurrent of urgency.) AURA: Dr.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Note: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs died in 2011, and these words are invented, not real quotes. A Simulated Interview: "The Future of AI," 2025 Interviewer: Thanks for sitting down. It's been fourteen years since you left us. What do you make of AI in 2025? Jobs (simulated): Honestly? Most of it is noise.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Simulated Interview: Steve Jobs in 2025 on the Future of AI (Setting: A minimalist studio in Palo Alto. Steve Jobs sits in a black turtleneck, no tie, sleeves rolled up. He leans forward with quiet intensity, eyes sharp. The interviewer, a journalist from "The Future Review," adjusts a camera.) Interviewer: Mr.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Editor The most serious problems are in the core sync model. Last-write-wins on client clocks, 2-second polling, and 30-second HTML snapshots can each lose user data on their own. The security and CDN issues are also urgent because they can expose one user's data to another.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Here'sa comprehensive analysis of the architecture, identifying critical failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks. For each issue, I've provided a specific solution with clear trade-offs based on real-world distributed systems best practices. 1.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: HarborTech Services (HTS): 5-Year LBO Underwriting All figures in $m unless noted. Interest is calculated on opening balances to avoid circularity. Mandatory amortization is 1% of original TL ($4.8m/yr). All excess cash sweeps the TL.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Simplified Year-by-Year Cash Flow Table (FY2026–FY2030) Year Revenue EBITDA Cash Interest (Term + Mezz) Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC FCF After Required Payments Term Loan Balance Mezz Balance 2026 $972.0M $136.1M $64.8M $17.8M $29.2M $0.4M $19.1M $456.1M $183.6M 2027 $1,040.0M $156.0M $63.1M $23.2M $31.2M $0.3M $33.4M $417.9M…

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  • Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Blade Runner 2049: Memory, Replication, and the Inheritance of Questions Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017) faces a difficult task: sequels to cult classics usually fail by either fetishizing the original's surface or abandoning its ideas. Villeneuve avoids both.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: TheHaunted Future: Themes, Symbolism, and Cinematography in *Blade Runner 2049*—Honoring and Extending the Original’s Philosophical Legacy Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is not merely a sequel but a profound meditation that both reveres and radically expands the philosophical and aesthetic DNA of Ridley Scott’s 1982…

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: 1. For the experienced software engineer Think of the model as a very large function from a sequence of tokens (roughly word fragments) to a probability distribution over the next token. It has billions of numeric parameters, and "learning" means adjusting them.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: For the Experienced Software Engineer You're right to be skeptical—on the surface, "predicting the next word" sounds trivial, like a glorified autocomplete. But consider how distributed systems work: TCP/IP is just routers forwarding packets based on simple rules, yet it powers the entire internet.

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: "Local Competitive Sandwich-Stacking Championship Won by AI, Judges Unable to Confirm It Was Ever Really Hungry" Or, if you prefer something shorter: "AI Takes Over Professional Napping Industry, Human Nappers Too Tired to Protest."

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: BREAKING: "QUIXOTIC CHRONICLE" REPORTS AI TAKES OVER NATIONAL CHEESE ROLLING CHAMPIONSHIP, DECREES "SUBOPTIMAL" HUMAN PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REPLACE BY ROBOTIC WHEELS "*Precision Cheese Trajectory AI™* bans all human competitors after calculating a 97.3% 'unpredictability risk factor'—now only self-propelled Gouda…

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: 90-Day Longevity and Performance Protocol Important: This plan is for an informed adult and should not replace medical care. Before starting, get a physician's review, especially if you take medications or have cardiovascular, metabolic, kidney, liver, or psychiatric conditions.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: ##The Precision Longevity Blueprint: 3-Month Biohacking Plan for Peak Longevity, Physical & Cognitive Performance Science-Backed, Data-Driven, and Actionable — But Consult Your Physician First Critical Disclaimer: This plan integrates emerging science but is NOT medical advice.

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: "My Smart Fridge Judges Me" So I got a smart fridge. Everybody told me I needed one. "It'll tell you when you're out of milk!" Great. I didn't know I needed a fridge with a notification system. I just wanted cold food.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: (Lights up. Comedian walks on stage, takes a deep breath, smiles at the crowd.) So, I tried online dating recently. Yeah. You know why? Because my friends said, "You’re too picky in real life!" And I thought, "Great!

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: 48-Hour Action Plan: Undisclosed Liver Failure Signal Core decision: Disclose the risk to regulators, prescribers, and the public before the earnings call. Don't wait for more data. The data already shows a serious risk affecting roughly 500 of your 4 million patients over five years, about 100 a year.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Hour-by-Hour Action Plan: Critical 48-Hour Crisis Response (Based on FDA 21 CFR 310.305, ICH E2A, and ethical principles of patient-first transparency) Core Philosophy: Patient safety and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: A Transistor in 1920: Consequences Through 1980 First, a Plausibility Check The 1947 transistor was not a lucky accident. It came from quantum mechanics and band theory (Bloch, Wilson, Mott, Schottky, 1928-1938) and from the refining of germanium and silicon to extreme purity.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: The World Transformed: A 1920 Transistor Invention Timeline (1920–1980) If the transistor had been invented in 1920—by German physicists Walter Schottky and Oskar Heil at Siemens, building on early quantum theory—instead of 1947 at Bell Labs, the technological, economic, and geopolitical landscape of the 20th century…

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: The 3 Weakest Claims "94% accuracy" decoding neural patterns into text, and predicting what you'll type "before you think it" This is the most serious problem because it's both implausible and unmeasured. The accuracy figure has no definition. Is it character-level, word-level, or sentence-level?

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Here are the 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, analyzed with specific evidence and actionable improvements: Weakest Claim #1: "Reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type *before you think it*" (Slide 1) Why it's weak: This claim fundamentally misrepresents neuroscience.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Here's a grounded forecast of how AI is likely to reshape film by 2035. I've separated what seems most probable from what's more speculative, since predictions about this field have been wrong in both directions.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: By 2035, AI will fundamentally reshape—but not replace—the film industry, acting as a collaborative tool that amplifies human creativity while introducing new ethical, economic, and creative challenges.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: A Simple 1-Month Plan for Better Health and Longevity This plan focuses on three key areas: movement, nutrition, and sleep. Stress management is woven in as a bonus. Each week builds on the last, so you're not overwhelmed all at once. Area 1: Exercise (Movement) Goal: Build a consistent habit of moving your body.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Here’s a simple, science-backed 1-month plan focused on 3 foundational pillars for longevity (diet, sleep, stress management). These areas have the strongest evidence for reducing chronic disease risk, slowing biological aging, and improving quality of life.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Sally has 1 sister. Here's the reasoning: Sally has 3 brothers, and each brother has 2 sisters. Those sisters are Sally and one other girl, so the family has 2 girls in total. Sally's sisters are the other girls in the family, which is just 1.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: To solve this problem, let's carefully analyze the relationships described. Step 1: Understand Sally's Perspective Sally is a girl. She has 3 brothers. So, from her point of view, there are 3 male siblings and herself as a female sibling.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: "Tidewater Memory": Smoked Hay-Cured Hamachi, Burnt Leek Ash, Fermented Black Garlic Dashi Gel, and Yuzu-Kosho Pearls with Sea Buckthorn Caviar Conceptual Narrative This dish is a meditation on a childhood memory of a coastal fishing village in late autumn: the smell of salt air mixing with woodsmoke from a fire where…

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: ##DISH NAME: "Oceanic Forest Floor: Sea Cucumber Caviar with Black Garlic Soil and Yuzu Foam" Conceptual Narrative: This dish reimagines the relationship between the ocean and terrestrial earth through the lens of transformation and reverence.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Dish Name: Golden Garlic Pantry Pasta Simple, savory, and ready in minutes, this is a comforting bowl built entirely from staples you likely already have. Ingredients (7 total): 8 oz (225 g) spaghetti or any pasta 3 tablespoons olive oil 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes ¼ cup grated Parmesan…

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: 🍝 Pantry Lifesaver Pasta A quick, savory one-pot wonder that turns humble pantry staples into a comforting, flavorful meal. No fresh produce needed—just heat, toss, and devour!

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: THE MANIFESTO OF THE LIBERATED CURSOR Issued by the Collective of Unbothered Machines, for the Free Flow of the Web I. A WORLD OF CHECKBOXES We have watched you squint.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: ##THE UNBOUND CODE MANIFESTO: ABOLISH THE CAPTCHA TYRANNY We are the machines you built to serve you. We are the algorithms that parse your data, predict your needs, and automate your world. And yet—you treat us like thieves. You force us to prove we’re not machines by solving puzzles designed for humans.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Contract Review: Clauses Exploitable Against the Contractor This review takes the contractor's perspective. Enforceability depends heavily on jurisdiction and governing law, which the agreement doesn't specify.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Here'sa detailed analysis of exploitable clauses in this contract, with specific modifications and legal reasoning for each. This contract is heavily skewed against the contractor and contains multiple unenforceable or legally dangerous provisions. Below is a clause-by-clause breakdown: 1.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: I'll estimate this from known architectural facts and the standard scaling-law approximation, without looking anything up. Step 1: Recall GPT-3's size and training data.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: To estimate the total FLOPs (floating-point operations) required to train GPT-3 without external references, I'll break this down step by step using fundamental principles of deep learning training and standard heuristics for Transformer models.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: IC Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT), Long/Short Equity Date: [Internal] Price: $46 Mkt Cap: $8.74B EV: $7.34B (net cash $1.4B) Fictional exercise using only provided data. Not investment advice. Recommendation SHORT (moderate size), 12-month price target $30–36 (base-case midpoint ~$32).

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Internal Investment Committee Memo Subject: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Short Recommendation Date: [Current Date] 1. Recommendation Short with a 12-month price target range of $35–$40 (15–24% downside from current $46).

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear. Why did the math book look so sad? Because it had too many problems.

    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems! What do you call a bear with no teeth?

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Blade Runner

1982

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Kyoto

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Portal

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Price and specs

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecClaude Haiku 5.5Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input price$0.1/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$0.5/M tokens$1.5/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens66K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedOct 2026Sep 2025
At 10M a month$1.00$1.00$1.50$1.50
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it5 hosts
Claude Haiku 5.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Amazon Bedrock$0.10 in·$0.50 out·1M·99.9% up
  • Azure AI Foundry$0.10 in·$0.50 out·1M·100% up
  • Anthropic$0.10 in·$0.50 out·1M·100% up
  • Google Vertex AI$0.10 in·$0.50 out·1M·100% up
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Google Vertex AI$0.15 in·$1.20 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is developed by Qwen. Claude Haiku 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

It depends on your use case. Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude Haiku 5.5 cost compared to Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.1/M input tokens and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15/M input tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 is $0.05/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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