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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 24.6. Claude Haiku 5.5 is 1.8x 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 24.6, ranking #19 overall.

On price, Claude Haiku 5.5 is roughly 1.8x 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 agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • cost matters — it's about 1.8x 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.0
#19
24.6
#178
Reasoning
47.2
#27
22.5
#185
Agents
33.3
#28
12.4
#115
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
$0.20 / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
$0.88 / M
Context window
1,000,000
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Haiku 5.5
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Math
25.7#110
23.8#130
Vision
30.4#33
17.9#91
Multimodal
31.4#27
20.4#74
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 50 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less

For input processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10/1M tokens) is 2.0x cheaper than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.50/1M tokens) is 1.8x cheaper than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ($0.88/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is more expensive than Claude Haiku 5.5.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.50
Best providerAnthropic
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Input tokens$0.20
Output tokens$0.88
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct's 262,144 tokens. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 262,144 tokens, while Claude Haiku 5.5 is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 13 months newer than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Oct 7, 2026

1 days ago

1.0yr newer
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

1.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Jun 2026

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

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Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 5.5 is available from Anthropic. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Novita.

Claude Haiku 5.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.50/1M

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.88/1M
novita logo
Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.30/1MOutput 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 5.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 5.5
✓ Preferred
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 24.6. Claude Haiku 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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 5.5 compare to Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores Global-MMLU: 87.8%, MILU: 87.6%, BenchCAD (with Python tool): 87.0%, Chartography: 86.2%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 83.7%. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 97.1%, ScreenSpot: 95.4%, MMLU-Redux: 92.2%, OCRBench: 92.0%, MMBench-V1.1: 89.9%.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 cheaper than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 2.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.10/M input and $0.50/M output via anthropic. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.20/M input and $0.88/M output via deepinfra.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct supports 262K 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 5.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.0 vs 24.6), context window (1.0M vs 262K), input pricing ($0.10 vs $0.20/M), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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