Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare Claude Opus 4.8 by Anthropic against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.8
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.8 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, major provider backing.
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is 6.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
13× cheaper
Output
$4.00
6.3× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 13× input, 6.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
Claude Opus 4.8 uses 2.3x more emoji
Claude Opus 4.8
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
60%Vocabulary54%
19wSentence Length15w
0.46Hedging0.36
4.7Bold7.0
3.2Lists4.6
0.78Emoji0.34
1.15Headings0.94
0.04Transitions0.09
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
Research
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