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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen3.8 Max

Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic
Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Our take

Qwen3.8 Max wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 1.3× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall5366Best
Coding5575Best
Writing5375Best
Support5672Best
Value4358Best
Input / 1M$2.00$2.00
Output / 1M$10.00$6.00Best
Blended / 1M$4.00$3.00Best
Context window1M1M
Open weightsNoNo
Released29 Jun 20263 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

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Claude Sonnet 5$800
Qwen3.8 Max$600Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.
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