Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic against Qwen: 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
Qwen: 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.
Qwen: 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
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Input
$0.11
27× cheaper
Output
$0.60
25× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 27× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 uses 7.1x more transitions
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Qwen: 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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