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Claude Opus 4.6 vs QwQ 32B Preview

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision

QwQ 32B Preview wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
QwQ 32B Preview
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6QwQ 32B Preview
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6QwQ 32B Preview
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicQwen
ReleasedFeb 2026Unknown

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

QwQ 32B Preview Modalities

Input
Output

Frequently Asked Questions

QwQ 32B Preview has cheaper input pricing at $0.90/M tokens. QwQ 32B Preview has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while QwQ 32B Preview has a 32,768 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. QwQ 32B Preview does not support vision.