Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Compare Claude Sonnet 5 by Anthropic against Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Sonnet 5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B is 3.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input
$0.40
5.0× cheaper
Output
$3.20
3.1× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 3.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Claude Sonnet 5 uses 7.6x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
59%Vocabulary49%
35wSentence Length15w
0.53Hedging0.29
3.5Bold6.2
3.5Lists4.8
0.79Emoji0.10
1.25Headings0.88
0.06Transitions0.20
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