Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Compare Claude Opus 4.1 by Anthropic against Qwen3 Coder Next by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder Next are both competitive models. Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $0.2/M for Qwen3 Coder Next. Context windows: 200K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder Next
Claude Opus 4.1 is made by anthropic while Qwen3 Coder Next is from qwen. Claude Opus 4.1 has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen3 Coder Next's 262K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $0.2/M for Qwen3 Coder Next.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper on both — 75× input, 50× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.1 has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Coder Next is 50x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 uses 4.7x more sentence length
