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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking are closely matched at 25.7 and 23.8 on the LLM Stats Score. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is 4.1x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 25.7 and 23.8.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Haiku 4.5 wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

On price, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is roughly 4.1x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude Haiku 4.5 also accepts a larger context window (200,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 5 exact shared results
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 200,000 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2025

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

  • cost matters — it's about 4.1x cheaper per token
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
25.7
#162
23.8
#177
Reasoning
25.3
#158
24.5
#161
Agents
13.4
#98
12.2
#109
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
3 of 5
2 of 5
Input price
$1.00 / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
$5.00 / M
$1.50 / M
Context window
200,000
65,536

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Haiku 4.5
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Math
15.6#215
26.5#103
Tool use
15.3#92
11.0#120
Writing
20.4#17
14.1#50
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Claude Haiku 4.5 · 23 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

5 shared

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Tau2 Airline, Tau2 Retail, Tau2 Telecom), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is better at 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA).

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking costs less

For input processing, Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1.00/1M tokens) is 6.7x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Haiku 4.5 ($5.00/1M tokens) is 3.3x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking ($1.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Haiku 4.5 is more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input tokens$1.00
Output tokens$5.00
Best providerAnthropic
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$1.50
Best providerNovita
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's 65,536 tokens. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Claude Haiku 4.5 is limited to 64,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Input65,536 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking does not.

Claude Haiku 4.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking was released on 2025-09-10.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is 1 month newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

11 months ago

1mo newer
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Sep 10, 2025

1.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 4.5's training data extends to 2025-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

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Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 4.5 is available from Anthropic, DeepInfra, Vertex AI. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is available from Novita.

Claude Haiku 4.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M
deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M
vertex logo
Unknown Organization
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

novita logo
Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.15/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.50/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 4.5
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 25.7 and 23.8. Claude Haiku 4.5 is made by Anthropic and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Haiku 4.5 compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores Tau2 Retail: 83.2%, MMMLU: 83.0%, Tau2 Telecom: 83.0%, AIME 2025: 80.7%, SWE-Bench Verified: 73.3%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking scores MMLU-Redux: 92.5%, IFEval: 88.9%, AIME 2025: 87.8%, WritingBench: 84.6%, MMLU-Pro: 82.7%.

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is 6.7x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00/M input and $5.00/M output via anthropic. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking costs $0.15/M input and $1.50/M output via novita.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200K tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking supports 66K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (25.7 vs 23.8), context window (200K vs 66K), input pricing ($1.00 vs $0.15/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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