Claude Opus 5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 49 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max PreviewRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is 4.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 5
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
4.8× cheaper
Output
$6.24
4.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is cheaper on both — 4.8× input, 4.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
47%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 110.2x more emoji
Claude Opus 5
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
54%Vocabulary62%
21wSentence Length21w
0.40Hedging0.22
3.9Bold3.8
1.9Lists2.9
0.02Emoji1.88
0.71Headings0.62
0.05Transitions0.02
Based on 27 + 26 text responses
Research
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