Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AI2D), while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is better at 4 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro, MMMU, SWE-Bench Verified).

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 12.0x more expensive than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ($0.25/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 7.5x more expensive than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ($2.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$2.00

Best providerNovita

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to Claude 3.5 Sonnet's 200,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is limited to 65,000 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Input262,144 tokens

Output65,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B was released on 2026-02-24.

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is 16 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Feb 24, 2026

2 weeks ago

1.3yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.