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Updated Feb 2026

Claude Opus 4.6vsQwen3.5 Flash

Qwen3.5 Flash is cheaper than Claude Opus 4.6 at $0.1/M vs $5/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3.5 Flash compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4.6Qwen3.5 Flash
Input price$5/M tokens$0.1/M tokens
Output price$25/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedFeb 2026Feb 2026
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6
Qwen3.5 Flash
Qwen3.5 FlashRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4.6 has the edge: bigger model tier, major provider backing.

Qwen3.5 Flash costs 63x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4.6
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
Qwen3.5 Flash
Input
$0.10
50× cheaper
Output
$0.40
63× cheaper

Qwen3.5 Flash is cheaper on both: 50× input, 63× output.

Where to run it

5 hosts

Claude Opus 4.64 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% upAnthropic$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·99.9% upGoogle Vertex AI$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·99.8% up
Qwen3.5 Flash1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.07 in·$0.26 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
42%

Claude Opus 4.6 uses 45.3x more emoji

Claude Opus 4.6
Qwen3.5 Flash
56%Vocabulary50%
33wSentence Length14w
0.73Hedging0.35
5.3Bold6.9
2.7Lists4.2
1.16Emoji0.03
1.23Headings1.00
0.02Transitions0.15
Based on 26 + 23 text responses
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