Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen3.5-27B
Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic) and Qwen3.5-27B (Alibaba) compared on benchmarks, pricing, context window, and use-case rankings.
- Qwen3.5-27B is cheaper on input tokens — $0.20 vs $5.00 per 1M.
- Claude Opus 4.8 has a larger context window (1M vs 262K tokens).
- Claude Opus 4.8 ranks higher for coding (93th vs 24th percentile).
Use-case scores are 0–100 percentile composites across each area’s benchmarks, ranked against every model from the past year. Highlighted cells lead each row. Open a model for the full picture.
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Qwen3.5-27B is cheaper on input tokens at $0.20 per million, versus $5.00 (representative OpenRouter pricing).
Which has a larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Claude Opus 4.8 supports up to 1M tokens, compared with 262K for the other.
Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or Qwen3.5-27B?
Across coding benchmarks like SWE-bench Verified and Terminal-Bench, Claude Opus 4.8 ranks higher — 93th vs 24th percentile among the models tracked on Model Beat.
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Benchmarks & model data from Epoch AI (CC BY); pricing & specs from OpenRouter. ECI = Epoch Capabilities Index.