Claude Opus 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare Claude Opus 4 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
13× cheaper
Output
$6.00
13× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking is cheaper on both — 13× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 12.3x more emoji
Claude Opus 4
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
64%Vocabulary61%
62wSentence Length15w
0.52Hedging0.23
4.4Bold5.2
9.1Lists3.9
0.11Emoji1.37
1.87Headings1.22
0.27Transitions0.04
Based on 16 + 13 text responses
Research
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