Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Input
$0.11
27× cheaper
Output
$0.60
25× cheaper
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 27× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
52%
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 uses 7.1x more transitions
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
56%Vocabulary56%
36wSentence Length14w
0.53Hedging0.37
5.1Bold5.7
3.4Lists4.0
0.19Emoji0.54
2.10Headings0.70
0.02Transitions0.14
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