Claude Opus 4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 22 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic | 61.3% | 20.7% | 81.0% | 13.2% | 43.0% | 83.5% | 78.1% | 79.7% | 74.4% | 62.5% | 81.3% | 90.4% | 80.1% | 45.2% | 83.2% | 68.7% | 45.0% | 47.0% | 74.3% | 40.9% | 20.6% | 86.3% | 62.7% | - | 16.7% | - | 35.6% | 6.1% | 1683elo | 73.1 | - | 84.7% | 12.13 | - | 83.8% | 73.8% | - | - | 88.9% | - | 100.0% | 37.4 | 36.0% | 77.5% | 45.3 | - | 70.7% | 79.2% | 61.8 | - | - | - | 62.2% |
| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 75.2% | 83.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 36.9% | 77.0% | 68.0% | 44.9% | 40.7% | 74.7% | 43.9% | 25.6% | 97.7% | - | 95.3 | - | 23.0% | - | - | - | - | 40.8% | - | - | 96.7 | - | - | 88.5 | 94.5 | - | 89.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 73.8 | - | - | - | 59.5 | 32.0% | 51.5% | 59.0% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Opus 4.5 is an AI model from Anthropic. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | Claude | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 24 Nov 2025 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 200,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $5.00 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $25.00 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.500 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | $6.250 | $0.406 |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | file, image, text | text, image, video |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond88.2% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)27.8% (AA) IFBench75.2% (AA) SciCode40.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.7% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is Claude Opus 4.5 or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 22 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Opus 4.5 leads on 13 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Claude Opus 4.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude Opus 4.5 scores 81.0% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $3.00 per million output tokens against $25.00 for Claude Opus 4.5 - about 8.3x.
- When were Claude Opus 4.5 and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- Claude Opus 4.5 was released 24 Nov 2025 by Anthropic. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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