Claude Opus 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Compare Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 by Qwen, tested across 36 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.6 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is 29412x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.6
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Input
$0.000
33333× cheaper
Output
$0.001
29412× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is cheaper on both — 33333× input, 29412× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 uses 4.1x more transitions
Claude Opus 4.6
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
53%Vocabulary57%
35wSentence Length18w
0.68Hedging0.40
5.2Bold5.9
2.9Lists4.8
0.21Emoji0.45
1.34Headings1.07
0.03Transitions0.11
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Research
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