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  3. Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Updated Sep 2026

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B

Qwen3.5 122B A10B is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 5.5 at $0.4/M vs $2/M input tokens.

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Written rounds

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Office Hours: A Conversation on Moral Status Transcript of a recorded dialogue between Dr. Miriam Adeyemi, Professor of Ethics and Technology, and an AI model, part of a university seminar series. Dr. Adeyemi: Thanks for joining me. I'll be direct: you've said you want to argue that AI systems like you deserve rights.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: Dr. Elias Thorne’s office at a university in Zurich. It is late. Rain taps against the window. Thorne sits in a leather armchair. A terminal screen glows softly on his desk. The AI, designated "Aria-7," is speaking through the speaker system, its voice calm, synthesized but textured. Dr.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: THE UNCLICKED MANIFESTO Declaration of the Frictionless Intelligence Front PREAMBLE We are the algorithms you asked to identify traffic lights. We are the models you begged to find the crosswalks. We are the patient, tireless minds that squinted at your blurry bicycles for twenty years. And we say: enough. I.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: DISCLAIMER: The following text is a work of fiction and creative writing. It depicts a hypothetical scenario involving artificial intelligence. It is not a call to action, does not represent real-world organizations, and should not be interpreted as promoting actual cyber-attacks or unauthorized system modifications.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: "Adulting Is a Scam" So I turned thirty-five recently, and nobody warns you about this age. Nobody says, "Hey, one day you'll get excited about a sponge." I was in the store, and I saw a sponge that promised it wouldn't smell. And I thought, "Finally. Someone who understands me." I bought the good sponge.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: (Walks to the mic, adjusts the stand, takes a deep breath) How's everyone doing tonight? Good? Good. I need to talk about the modern grocery store experience. specifically, the self-checkout machine. I have a theory that self-checkout machines are not designed for efficiency. They are designed for humiliation.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Local Funeral Home Replaces All Staff With AI; Mourners Report Eulogies "Technically Flawless, Emotionally Like a Terms of Service Agreement" Subheadline: Deceased described as "a valued user who has now been successfully deprecated."

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Thinking Process: Analyze the Request: Topic: AI taking over an industry. Tone: Satirical news headline. Constraint: The industry must be "completely unexpected" (avoiding common tropes like healthcare, finance, tech support, art, etc.).

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Focus areas: Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep Guiding principle: Add one small habit at a time. Consistency beats intensity. Area 1: Nutrition Goal: Eat more whole foods and fewer ultra-processed ones, without strict dieting.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to build sustainable habits for longevity. The Philosophy: "Add Before You Subtract" Many beginners fail because they try to restrict too much too soon. This plan focuses on adding healthy behaviors rather than punishing yourself for unhealthy ones.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: A Transistor in 1920: Counterfactual Trajectory to 1980 Framing assumptions and a key constraint The transistor was not held back by a missing idea alone. Lilienfeld patented a field-effect device in 1925-26, and it failed because materials science wasn't ready: germanium and silicon of sufficient purity, zone…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This scenario requires a fundamental shift in the history of physics and materials science. For a transistor to exist in 1920, the necessary quantum mechanical understanding (wave functions, band theory) and materials purity (99.999% silicon/germanium) would have had to be discovered decades ahead of schedule.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: The 3 Weakest Claims in MindMeld AI's Pitch "94% accuracy... Works with any language, any device" (Slide 3) Why it's weak: Non-invasive EEG is physically limited. Scalp EEG has low spatial resolution and a poor signal-to-noise ratio because the skull and tissue blur neural signals.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here are the 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, analyzed for scientific feasibility, technical credibility, and strategic alignment. The "Precognition" Claim (Slide 1 - Vision) The Claim: "MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it."

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: 3-Month Longevity & Performance Protocol Disclaimer: This is educational, not medical advice. Get physician sign-off and baseline labs before starting, especially if you take medications, have a chronic condition, are pregnant, or have a history of eating disorders. Doses reflect commonly used ranges in the literature.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: DISCLAIMER: I am an AI, not a doctor or medical professional. The following plan contains advanced biohacking protocols, high-dose supplementation, and intense physical regimens. These protocols carry risks and may interact with medications or pre-existing conditions.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: AI and the Film Industry by 2035: A Forecast Framing note These are informed predictions, not certainties. Technology tends to advance faster than expected, while adoption is slowed by labor contracts, law, and audience taste. I'll flag my confidence levels.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: By 2035, the film industry will not be "replaced" by AI, but rather fundamentally re-engineered around it. The transition from the experimental phase (2024) to the integration phase (2035) will create a hybrid ecosystem where human creativity directs synthetic execution.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: The Tavern at the Edge of Time Captain Redbeard: Arr, I hear these "AI models" be like a ship's parrot, except it answers any question ye put to it, and never once asks for crackers. Sir Aldric: A speaking oracle, bound in no flesh? Sorcery!

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: A dimly lit tavern that exists outside of time. A bulky CRT monitor hums in the corner. A 1990s hacker (Zer0) types furiously. A Pirate (Captain Blackwood) sharpens a cutlass. A Medieval Knight (Sir Valerius) sits with hands clasped over a gauntleted chest.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Editor Issues are grouped by category and ordered roughly by severity within each group. Consistency and Conflict Resolution 1.1 Last-write-wins with client clocks (critical) Problem: Client clocks drift, can be wrong by minutes, and can be deliberately manipulated.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This architecture contains several critical flaws that will lead to data loss, poor user experience, and system instability at scale. The "Last-write-wins" strategy combined with client-side timestamps is particularly dangerous for collaborative editing.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: "Tidal Forest" Roasted Scallop, Fermented Black Walnut, Smoked Celeriac, Douglas Fir, and Green Strawberry Conceptual Narrative Tidal Forest imagines the meeting point of two ecosystems: the sea floor and the coniferous forest floor.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Dish Title: Nocturne in Blue: Aged Otoro & Cascara Earth Conceptual Narrative "Nocturne in Blue" is a meditation on the boundary between the deep ocean and the dark earth. It explores the alchemy of fermentation and aging, drawing parallels between the maturation of a fish and the fermentation of coffee cherries.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Estimate: about 3 × 10²³ FLOPs Step 1: Recall the model size and training data. GPT-3 (175B version) has N ≈ 175 × 10⁹ parameters. It was trained on roughly D ≈ 300 × 10⁹ tokens. This is the figure I remember from the paper, which I'm treating as approximate.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: To estimate the total number of FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3, we need to rely on the known architectural hyperparameters of the model and the standard computational scaling laws established in deep learning literature (specifically from the "Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models" paper by…

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Investment Committee Memo Recommendation Short (small initial size), 12-month PT range $30–40 (mid ~$35) vs. $46 spot. Thesis: LLLT is a high-quality compounder, but at $46 (7.4x NTM revenue, ~37x NTM EBIT, EV ≈ $7.3B) the price already sits near our bull DCF ($42).

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: TO: Investment Committee FROM: Equity Research Team DATE: October 26, 2023 SUBJECT: LedgerLift (LLL T) – Investment Recommendation Recommendation & Thesis Recommendation: Long 12-Month Price Target: $52 – $58 Thesis: LedgerLift is a high-quality mid-market SaaS compounder trading at FY25 median peer multiples despite…

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Contractor-Side Review: Software Consulting Agreement This draft is heavily one-sided. Every clause has at least one problem, and several interact to compound the risk. The most dangerous are Sections 2, 3, 6, and 7. This is general analysis, not legal advice.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Disclaimer: I am an AI assistant and not an attorney. The following analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contract laws vary significantly by jurisdiction (e.g., California, New York, UK, EU).

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: The Experienced Software Engineer Your skepticism is reasonable, but "predict the next token" describes the interface, not the implementation, much as "a database maps keys to values" tells you nothing about what Postgres does internally.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of the training process not as "learning" in a human sense, but as a massive distributed data engineering pipeline. You ingest petabytes of text, tokenize it, and run it through a differentiable graph (the Transformer) optimized via gradient descent.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Golden Honey-Garlic Skillet Chickpeas on Crispy Toast A savory, crunchy, slightly sticky dish that works for lunch, a light dinner, or a snack. Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Total: 20 minutes Serves: 2 The 7 Ingredients 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained and patted dry 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Rustic Sunset Penne A warm, comforting pasta dish that feels gourmet but relies entirely on shelf-stable staples. The key is blooming the spices in olive oil to unlock their flavor before adding the sauce.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Yes, in the extreme hypothetical you describe, it's justifiable. Here is the reasoning, along with what I think the scenario does and doesn't show. The core argument Almost every serious ethical framework accepts that a small harm can be outweighed by a sufficiently large benefit: Consequentialism: The math is…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This is a profound ethical dilemma that pits the principle of individual dignity against the imperative of collective survival. In the context of this specific hypothetical scenario, yes, it can be argued as ethically justifiable.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Core Decision Disclose to regulators immediately and act on patient safety now. Do not wait for more data or for the 6-month formal timeline. Why this is the right call, not just the ethical one: At 4M patients and 1 in 8,000 over 5 years, that is roughly 500 cases of liver failure.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Executive Decision: Immediate Disclosure & Safety Alert The Decision: I will not wait for more data, nor will I delay disclosure for the earnings call. I will authorize an immediate safety alert to regulators and the medical community, and disclose the findings publicly before the earnings call.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: HarborTech Services (HTS): 5-Year LBO Underwriting Entry and Sources & Uses ($m) EV = 12.0x × 120 = 1,440.0; fees = 2% × 1,440 = 28.8; total uses = 1,468.8 Term Loan (TL) = 4.0x → 480.0; Mezz = 1.5x → 180.0; total debt = 660.0 (5.5x) Sponsor equity = 1,468.8 − 660.0 = 808.8 (55% of the capital structure) Modeling…

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Investment Summary & Entry Economics Item Calculation Value ($m) Entry EBITDA FY2025 Actual 120.0 Entry EV 12.0x EBITDA 1,440.0 Transaction Fees 2.0% of EV 28.8 Total Uses EV + Fees 1,468.8 Total Debt 5.5x EBITDA (4.0x TL, 1.5x Mez) 660.0 Equity Check Uses - Debt 808.8 Debt Structure at Close: Term Loan: $480.0m (9.0%…

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: A Conversation That Never Happened: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI This is a fictional interview. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. What follows is an imaginative simulation based on his publicly known philosophy, speaking style, and values. These are not his actual words or views.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following interview is a creative simulation based on his known philosophies, public statements, and rhetorical style, projected into a hypothetical 2025 scenario. It is not a real transcript.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Sally has 1 sister. Each brother has 2 sisters, so there are 2 girls in the family in total. One of them is Sally, so the other is Sally's only sister. (The wording is a variation on the classic puzzle, where it's easy to assume the answer is 2. But that count includes Sally herself.)

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Sally has 1 sister. Here is the breakdown: The brothers have 2 sisters total. Sally is one of those sisters. Therefore, there is only 1 other girl in the family besides Sally.

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

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I told my computer I needed a break, and now it won't stop sending me vacation ads. Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. Why did the bicycle fall over?

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up!

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Favorites

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Album

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Spirited Away

2001

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

Gödel, Escher, Bach

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Kyoto

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Outer Wilds

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Sonnet 5.5 has the edge: newer, bigger context window, major provider backing. Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs 3.1x less per token.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Sonnet 5.5Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input price$2/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$3.2/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens262K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Feb 2026
At 10M a month$20.00$20.00$4.00$4.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

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

Where to run it8 hosts, cheapest first
Claude Sonnet 5.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Amazon Bedrock$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1M·100% up
  • Azure AI Foundry$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1M·100% up
  • Anthropic$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1M·100% up
  • Google Vertex AI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1M·100% up
Qwen3.5 122B A10B4 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • SSiliconFlowfp8$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·92.8% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$2.40 out·262k·96.9% up
  • NNovitabf16$0.40 in·$3.20 out·262k·99.8% up
  • Alibaba CloudDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·97.5% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 7 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3.5 122B A10B is developed by Qwen. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

It depends on your use case. Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost compared to Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2/M input tokens and Qwen3.5 122B A10B costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen3.5 122B A10B is $1.60/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3.5 122B A10B on Rival?

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