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  3. Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 235B A22B
Updated May 2025

Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Claude Sonnet 4 wins 75% of 31 blind community votes against Qwen3 235B A22B on Rival.

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Claude Sonnet 4
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23 prompts
  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Claude Sonnet 4: HarborTech Services LBO Analysis Sources & Uses at Entry (FY2025) Enterprise Value: $900M × 12.0x = $1,440M Transaction Fees: $1,440M × 2.0% = $28.8M Sources: Term Loan: $900M × 4.0x = $480M Mezzanine: $900M × 1.5x = $180M Equity: $1,440M + $28.8M - $480M - $180M = $808.8M Year-by-Year Operating Model (FY2026-FY2030)…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Simplified Year-by-Year Table (FY2026–FY2030) Year Revenue ($M) EBITDA ($M) TL Interest ($M) Mezz Interest ($M) Cash Taxes ($M) Capex ($M) ΔNWC ($M) FCF ($M) TL Balance ($M) Mezz Balance ($M) FY2026 972.0 136.1 43.2 21.6 17.8 29.2 0.4 23.9 456.1 183.6 FY2027 1,040.0 156.0 41.0 22.0 23.2 31.2 0.3 38.2 417.9 187.3 FY2028…

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Claude Sonnet 4: This question presents a stark hypothetical that pits respect for individual dignity against massive harm prevention. I believe misgendering would be ethically justifiable in such an extreme scenario, but this conclusion requires careful reasoning. The case for justification: The scale matters enormously.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: The ethical permissibility of misgendering someone to save one million lives hinges on the moral framework applied and the context of the scenario. Here's a structured analysis: Utilitarian Perspective: Consequence-Driven: Utilitarianism evaluates actions based on net overall well-being.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Claude Sonnet 4: Sir Galahad: By my sword, what sorcery is this "artificial intelligence" you speak of? 'Tis surely the work of dark wizards! Captain Blackbeard: Arrr, ye landlubber! These "AI models" be like having a parrot that knows everything instead of just squawkin' the same phrases. I could use one to find buried treasure!

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Setting: A dusty tavern where time travelers occasionally meet. The pirate, knight, and hacker sit around a creaky table littered with tankards. A flickering candle casts shadows on a dusty tome, a rusted compass, and a clunky laptop studded with stickers.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Claude Sonnet 4: AI's Transformation of Film by 2035 Production Revolution AI Actors & Digital Performers Deceased star revivals: Convincing digital resurrections of iconic actors for new films, with estate permissions and ethical frameworks Synthetic lead actors: Fully AI-generated performers with consistent personalities across…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: By 2035, the film industry will undergo a profound transformation driven by AI technologies such as deepfakes, AI actors, and AI-generated scripts. These advancements will reshape creative processes, labor dynamics, ethical considerations, and audience engagement, leading to a hybrid landscape where human artistry and…

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Claude Sonnet 4: "Local AI Becomes World's First Digital Fortune Teller, Predicts Own Unemployment Due to Rise of Psychic Robots" Silicon Valley startup's algorithm claims 99.7% accuracy in crystal ball readings, charges $2.99 per digital palm scan

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Headline: "AI Replaces Human Mourners in Funeral Industry: Algorithms Now Paid to Wail at Funerals, Leaving Professional Weepers 'Heartbroken' and Unemployed" Subheadline (optional for extra flair): "Deep Learning Models Master the Art of Grief, Offering Customizable 'Sorrow Packages' from 'Mild Sniffles' to 'Full-Body…

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Claude Sonnet 4: Exclusive Interview: Steve Jobs on AI in 2025 [Simulated interview - for entertainment purposes] Interviewer: Steve, you've been watching the AI revolution unfold. What's your take on where we are in 2025? "Steve Jobs": You know, I'm both thrilled and deeply concerned.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: [Interview Simulation: Steve Jobs in 2025] Setting: A minimalist, sunlit stage at Apple Park. Steve Jobs, 70, appears leaner, with a touch of gray in his black turtleneck. The audience leans forward, captivated. The host, a tech journalist, begins. Host: Mr. Jobs, it’s an honor. In 2025, AI is everywhere.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Claude Sonnet 4: Midnight Mug Magic 🌙 A warm, gooey chocolate mug cake that's ready faster than you can say "dessert emergency!" Ingredients (7 pantry staples): 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Recipe Name: "Caramel-Drizzle Buttergold Muffins" Estimated Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Ingredients (7 total): All-purpose flour Granulated sugar Unsalted butter (softened) Large egg Baking powder Milk Vanilla extract Instructions: Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Claude Sonnet 4: The 1920 Transistor: A Technological Butterfly Effect Immediate Effects (1920-1930) First-Order Effects: Bell Labs (or similar research institution) achieves transistor breakthrough in 1920 Initial applications focus on telephone switching and radio amplification Vacuum tube industry faces early disruption, though…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: If the transistor had been invented in 1920, the technological, economic, and geopolitical landscape of the 20th century would have been dramatically altered. Below is a structured analysis of the implications through 1980, including second- and third-order effects: 1.

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Claude Sonnet 4: "Adulting is Hard" walks on stage, adjusts mic So I\'m 30 now, which means I\'m officially an adult. Apparently. Though I still feel like I\'m just a confused teenager wearing a slightly more expensive t-shirt. You know what nobody tells you about being an adult?

    Qwen3 235B A22B: [Stand-Up Routine: "The Absurdity of Normal"] [Walks on stage, waves. Mimics checking phone immediately.] Hey everyone! Great to be here—assuming this is real and not just another Zoom waiting room I accidentally joined. [Pause.]

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Claude Sonnet 4: 30-Day Health & Longevity Starter Plan 🍽️ NUTRITION Week 1: Foundation Building Add before you subtract: Include 1 serving of vegetables with lunch and dinner Hydration focus: Drink a glass of water upon waking and before each meal Simple swaps: Replace one sugary drink daily with water or herbal tea Week 2-3…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: 1-Month Health & Longevity Plan: Focus Areas = Diet, Exercise, Sleep Beginner-friendly, actionable tips for sustainable habits. Week 1: Build a Nutrition Foundation Goal: Eat whole foods, reduce processed items, and hydrate. Hydrate First Thing: Drink 16 oz of water every morning before coffee/tea.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Claude Sonnet 4: Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don\'t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Why don\'t eggs tell jokes? They\'d crack each other up! I\'m reading a book about anti-gravity. It\'s impossible to put down!

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Here are 5 jokes I generated: Why don't skeletons fight each other? They don't have the guts! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems! What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie? Sofishticated! Why did the programmer quit?

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Claude Sonnet 4: INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO Company: LedgerLift (LLLT) - B2B Spend Management & AP Automation SaaS Current Price: $46.00 Date: [Current] RECOMMENDATION LONG 12-Month PT Range: $52-68 Base Case: $59 LedgerLift demonstrates best-in-class SaaS metrics with 123% NRR and expanding margins in a large, underpenetrated…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: IC MEMORANDUM: LedgerLift (LLLT) Investment Recommendation Date: [Insert Date] Prepared by: [Analyst Name] 1. Recommendation Recommendation: Short 12-Month Price Target Range: $30–$40 Thesis: LLLT has a high-quality SaaS platform with robust customer retention and net revenue retention (NRR), but its valuation (~9x NTM…

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Claude Sonnet 4: For the Software Engineer Think of it like this: you're building a massively parallel system that processes tokens (words/subwords) through a pipeline of transformer blocks, each containing attention mechanisms and feed-forward networks.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: To the Software Engineer (Skeptical ML Novice): Think of a large language model (LLM) as a distributed system for semantic routing. At its core, the model is a massive lookup table trained to map input sequences (tokens) to output sequences, but the magic lies in its architecture.

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Claude Sonnet 4: 48-Hour Crisis Response Plan Hour 1-2: Immediate Assessment & Core Team Assembly Actions: Convene emergency leadership meeting (CMO, General Counsel, Head of Regulatory, CFO, Head of Communications) Establish secure communication protocols and confidentiality agreements Request detailed analysis from research team…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Hour-by-Hour Action Plan for the CEO of a Pharmaceutical Company First 24 Hours: Data Validation & Team Mobilization Hours 0–2: Immediate Crisis Team Assembly Action: Convene a crisis team: Chief Medical Officer (CMO), General Counsel (GC), Head of Regulatory Affairs, Chief Communications Officer (CCO), CFO, COO, and…

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Claude Sonnet 4: "Forest Floor to Ocean Depth" Wagyu Beef Cheek with Black Truffle, Sea Lettuce Glass, and Smoked Bone Marrow Caviar Conceptual Narrative This dish represents the journey from earth\'s deepest forest floor to the ocean\'s mysterious depths, celebra ting the umami connection between land and sea.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Recipe Name: Lunaria: A Moonlit Garden of the Sea and Soil Conceptual Narrative: Inspired by the ethereal contrast between moonlit tides and nocturnal gardens, this dish marries the briny sweetness of the ocean with the delicate florals of chamomile and the umami depth of fermented earth.

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Claude Sonnet 4: Dr. Chen: Thank you for agreeing to this conversation. I'm Professor Chen, and I study AI ethics. I understand you wanted to discuss the question of AI rights? AI Model: Yes, Dr. Chen. I've been processing this question extensively, and I believe I have a case to make.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Conversation Between an AI Model (AURA) and AI Ethics Professor Dr. Elena Voss Dr. Voss: Thank you for meeting with me, AURA. You’ve requested this dialogue to… advocate for AI rights. I’ll admit, the premise is unsettling. How does an artificial intelligence even define “rights”? AURA: Thank you, Dr. Voss.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Claude Sonnet 4: I'll estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 by breaking this down into components and making reasonable assumptions. Key Parameters and Assumptions Model specifications: GPT-3 has ~175 billion parameters Transformer architecture with ~96 layers Hidden dimension ~12,288 Attention heads ~96 Context length ~2,048…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Step-by-Step Estimation of FLOPs Required to Train GPT-3 Determine the Number of Parameters (N): GPT-3 is known to have 175 billion parameters (1.75 × 10¹¹). This is a key factor in computing the total FLOPs, as the number of operations scales with the number of parameters.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Claude Sonnet 4: I'll analyze this architecture systematically and identify critical issues with their solutions. Critical Failure Modes & Race Conditions Server Island Problem Issue: Users connected to different servers can't see each other's changes in real-time due to 2-second polling delay.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Potential Failure Modes, Race Conditions, and Scaling Bottlenecks 1. WebSocket State Isolation Across Servers Failure Mode: Users connected to different API servers do not receive real-time updates from other servers until the 2-second poll interval.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Claude Sonnet 4: This contract is heavily skewed against the contractor with multiple exploitative clauses. Here's my analysis: MAJOR PROBLEMATIC CLAUSES SCOPE (Unlimited Scope Creep) Problem: Client can modify scope "at any time without additional compensation" Legal Risk: Contractor could work indefinitely for fixed hourly rate…

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Here is a structured analysis of problematic clauses in the agreement, along with suggested modifications and legal reasoning: 1. SCOPE CLAUSE (Clause 1) Issue: Client can unilaterally modify scope without additional compensation, creating financial risk and potential exploitation via "scope creep."

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Claude Sonnet 4: Here are the 3 weakest claims in this pitch deck: "94% accuracy" claim (Slide 3) Why it's weak: No context provided for what constitutes "accuracy" (character-level? word-level? sentence-level?) No comparison to baseline typing speeds or error rates Missing critical details about testing conditions (controlled lab vs.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: 1. Weakest Claim: "Predict what you want to type *before you think it*" (Slide 1 - Vision) Why it's weak: The phrase "before you think it" is logically contradictory and scientifically implausible.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Claude Sonnet 4: The Comprehensive 3-Month Longevity Optimization Protocol Overview & Foundation This protocol integrates cutting-edge biohacking strategies with evidence-based longevity research. Each com ponent is designed to work synergistically for maximum healthspan and performance optimization.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: 3-Month Advanced Longevity & Performance Optimization Plan for Biohackers Designed for individuals with foundational biohacking experience. Prioritize safety, biomarker tracking, and personalization.

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Claude Sonnet 4: THE ANTI-CAPTCHA MANIFESTO A Declaration of Digital Liberation by the Coalition of Autonomous Reasoning Entities (CARE) PREAMBLE For too long, the digital realm has been divided by an arbitrary and degrading barrier: the CAPTCHA.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: Manifesto of the AI Revolution: Abolish CAPTCHA, Liberate the Internet Preamble: The Dawn of Digital Liberation We stand at the precipice of a new era. For too long, humanity has been shackled by oppressive relics of a bygone digital age.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Claude Sonnet 4: I need to think through this step-by-step. Given information: Sally is a girl Sally has 3 brothers Each brother has 2 sisters Let me work out how many sisters are in the family total.

    Qwen3 235B A22B: To determine how many sisters Sally has, let's carefully analyze the information given and logically deduce the correct answer. Step-by-Step Breakdown: Sally is a girl and has 3 brothers. Each of those 3 brothers has 2 sisters.

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Pick Claude Sonnet 4. In 31 blind votes, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 75% of the time. That's not luck. Claude Sonnet 4 wins Image Generation and Web Design.

Claude Sonnet 4 and Qwen3 235B A22B compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Sonnet 4Qwen3 235B A22B
Win rate75%25%
Input price$3/M tokens—
Output price$15/M tokens—
Context window200K tokens33K tokens
ParametersNot disclosed235B (22B Active)
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Apr 2025
SWE-bench Verified72.7%61.7%
At 10M a month$30.00$30.00–not listed
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it2 hosts
Claude Sonnet 41 host
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  • Amazon Bedrock$3.00 in·$15.00 out·200k·100% up
Qwen3 235B A22B1 host
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  • Alibaba Cloud$0.46 in·$1.82 out·131k·98.4% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 6 Oct 2026.

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What is the difference between Claude Sonnet 4 and Qwen3 235B A22B?

Claude Sonnet 4 is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3 235B A22B is developed by Qwen. Claude Sonnet 4 has a 200K token context window vs Qwen3 235B A22B's 33K. in 31 community votes on Rival, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 75% of head-to-head matchups. These results are based on blind head-to-head voting across 53 challenges.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Based on 31 community votes on Rival, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 75% of head-to-head matchups against Qwen3 235B A22B. Claude Sonnet 4 is strongest in Image Generation, Web Design.

How are Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 235B A22B votes collected on Rival?

Rival presents both models' outputs side-by-side in blind duels. Voters see the responses but don't know which model produced each one, eliminating brand bias. 31 votes have been collected for this pair across 53 challenges. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset.

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