Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Compare Claude Sonnet 5 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3 Max by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 256K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 5
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Input
$1.20
1.7× cheaper
Output
$6.00
1.7× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max is cheaper on both — 1.7× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max uses 2.8x more transitions
Claude Sonnet 5
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
59%Vocabulary60%
35wSentence Length28w
0.53Hedging0.48
3.5Bold5.7
3.5Lists4.1
0.79Emoji0.45
1.25Headings0.78
0.06Transitions0.18
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Research
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