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Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to 15.6. Qwen3 235B A22B is 80.0x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.7 to 15.6, ranking #1 overall.

On price, Qwen3 235B A22B is roughly 80.0x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude Opus 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 Opus 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.7 and ranks #1 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 1,000,000 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Qwen3 235B A22B

  • cost matters — it's about 80.0x cheaper per token
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Qwen3 235B A22B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.7
#1
15.6
#235
Reasoning
57.8
#1
16.2
#223
Coding
51.7
#1
12.2
#156
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$4.00 / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
$20.00 / M
$0.10 / M
Context window
1,000,000
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Opus 5.5
Qwen3 235B A22B
Math
42.5#5
20.9#155
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

31 reported for Claude Opus 5.5 · 23 for Qwen3 235B A22B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen3 235B A22Bdon'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

Qwen3 235B A22B costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 5.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 40.0x more expensive than Qwen3 235B A22B ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 5.5 ($20.00/1M tokens) is 200.0x more expensive than Qwen3 235B A22B ($0.10/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 5.5 is more expensive than Qwen3 235B A22B.*

* 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 Opus 5.5
Input tokens$4.00
Output tokens$20.00
Best providerAnthropic
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B A22B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerFireworks
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Opus 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3 235B A22B's 128,000 tokens. Both models can generate responses up to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B A22B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Opus 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 235B A22B does not.

Claude Opus 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 235B A22B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

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

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

Claude Opus 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3 235B A22B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 5.5 was released on 2026-09-22, while Qwen3 235B A22B was released on 2025-04-29.

Claude Opus 5.5 is 17 months newer than Qwen3 235B A22B.

Claude Opus 5.5

Sep 22, 2026

0 days ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen3 235B A22B

Apr 29, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Opus 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Qwen3 235B A22B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Opus 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3 235B A22B's cutoff date.

Claude Opus 5.5

Jun 2026

Qwen3 235B A22B

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Provider Availability

Claude Opus 5.5 is available from Anthropic. Qwen3 235B A22B is available from Fireworks, DeepInfra, Novita, Together.

Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $4.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $20.00/1M

Qwen3 235B A22B

fireworks logo
Fireworks
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.10/1M
deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.60/1M
novita logo
Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.80/1M
together logo
Together
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.60/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Opus 5.5
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Qwen3 235B A22B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B.

Which is better, Claude Opus 5.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to 15.6. Claude Opus 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Qwen3 235B A22B 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 Opus 5.5 compare to Qwen3 235B A22B in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.2%, Global-MMLU: 94.3%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 93.9%, MILU: 93.1%, ArXivMath: 91.2%. Qwen3 235B A22B scores Arena Hard: 95.6%, GSM8k: 94.4%, BBH: 88.9%, MMLU: 87.8%, MMLU-Redux: 87.4%.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 cheaper than Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen3 235B A22B is 40.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4.00/M input and $20.00/M output via anthropic. Qwen3 235B A22B costs $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output via fireworks.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B?

Claude Opus 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3 235B A22B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Opus 5.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.7 vs 15.6), context window (1.0M vs 128K), input pricing ($4.00 vs $0.10/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 Opus 5.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B?

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

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