Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen Plus 0728
Compare Claude Opus 4.1 by Anthropic against Qwen Plus 0728 by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated June 2026.
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen Plus 0728?
Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen Plus 0728 are both competitive models. Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Qwen Plus 0728. Context windows: 200K vs 1000K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen Plus 0728
Claude Opus 4.1 is made by anthropic while Qwen Plus 0728 is from qwen. Claude Opus 4.1 has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen Plus 0728's 1000K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Qwen Plus 0728.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen Plus 0728 is cheaper on both — 38× input, 63× 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 is 63x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 uses 4.3x more sentence length
