Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 21.0. Claude Haiku 5.5 is 2.4x cheaper per token.
Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 21.0, ranking #19 overall.
In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Haiku 5.5 wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
On price, Claude Haiku 5.5 is roughly 2.4x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.
Claude Haiku 5.5 also accepts a larger context window (1,000,000 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 5.5
- overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #19 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
- cost matters — it's about 2.4x cheaper per token
- you process long inputs — it offers a 1,000,000 token context window
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
Choose Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 10 for Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Claude Haiku 5.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (SWE-bench Multilingual), while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude Haiku 5.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10/1M tokens) is 3.0x cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct ($0.30/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.50/1M tokens) is 2.0x cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct ($1.00/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is more expensive than Claude Haiku 5.5.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's 262,144 tokens. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 262,144 tokens, while Claude Haiku 5.5 is limited to 128,000 tokens.
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Claude Haiku 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct does not.
Claude Haiku 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is 20 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.
Oct 7, 2026
2 days ago
1.7yr newerJan 31, 2025
1.7 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Claude Haiku 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's cutoff date.
Jun 2026
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Provider Availability
Claude Haiku 5.5 is available from Anthropic. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is available from DeepInfra.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.