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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview (medium) leads on average score with 8.4 vs 8.3. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.922 vs $1.143. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) is faster at 12.52s vs 67.53s, with pass rates of 80.3% vs 80.3%.

Recommended modelClaude Sonnet 5 (medium)Its score stays close to the best score here (8.3 vs 8.4), while responding about 5.4x faster than Qwen3.6 Max Preview (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-25

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 medium Release: 2026-06-30 Qwen3.6 Max Preview Qwen3.6 Max Preview medium Release: 2026-04-20
Score 8.3 8.4
Rank #29 #25
Reliability 10.0 9.9
Consistency 9.0 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 80.3% 80.3%
Flaky tests 3 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 5.760 8.173
Total Cost $0.922 $1.143
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $1.040 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $6.240 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 145,956 79,240
Output Tokens 52,333 5,098
Reasoning Tokens 10,874 164,842
Response Time (avg) 12.52s 67.53s
Response Time (max) 66.71s 238.07s
Response Time (total) 275.42s 1485.64s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#29 Claude Sonnet 5

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
6.4s
Tokens
832 tok

#25 Qwen3.6 Max Preview

medium
Cost
$0.024
Time
76.5s
Tokens
3,861 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 Sonnet 5 9.0 7.9 88.9% 1 17.28s 10,590 13,153 2,379
Qwen3.6 Max Preview 8.8 7.8 88.9% 1 146.48s 7,895 427 52,957

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