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Claude Opus 5 (medium) vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (low)

Claude Opus 5 (medium) leads on average score with 9.2 vs 9.1. Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.664 vs $1.586. Claude Opus 5 (medium) is faster at 10.26s vs 24.21s, with pass rates of 83.3% vs 86.4%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-07

Rank
#21
Total Output Tokens
36,618
Response Time (avg)
10.26s
Total Cost
$1.586
Rank
#23
Total Output Tokens
75,865
Response Time (avg)
24.21s
Total Cost
$0.664
Recommended model Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (low)

Its score stays close to the best score here (9.1 vs 9.2), while costing about 2.4x less than Claude Opus 5 (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus 5 medium Release: 2026-07-25 Qwen3.8 Max (0902) Qwen3.8 Max (0902) low Release: 2026-09-07
Score 9.2 9.1
Rank #21 #23
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 9.3
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 83.3% 86.4%
Flaky tests 1 2
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 8.811 3.684
Total Cost $1.586 $0.664
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $6.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 135,604 103,954
Output Tokens 23,814 6,322
Reasoning Tokens 12,804 69,543
Response Time (avg) 10.26s 24.21s
Response Time (max) 35.43s 207.79s
Response Time (total) 225.66s 532.62s
Parameters ~5T total (~500B active) 2.4T total (~100B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#21 Claude Opus 5

medium
Cost
$0.125
Time
69.3s
Tokens
5,134 tok

#23 Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

low
Cost
$0.014
Time
41.2s
Tokens
2,421 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.56s 10,590 5,224 1,162
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 37.42s 8,127 485 17,404

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