Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare Claude Opus 4.1 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 48 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is 12x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.1
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
14× cheaper
Output
$6.24
12× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper on both — 14× input, 12× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
Claude Opus 4.1 uses 7.3x more transitions
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
61%Vocabulary62%
87wSentence Length21w
0.54Hedging0.22
5.1Bold3.8
6.7Lists2.9
0.38Emoji1.88
1.68Headings0.62
0.13Transitions0.02
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