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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Context Window
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Speed
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicQwen
ReleasedSep 2025Jul 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has cheaper input pricing at $0.22/M tokens. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 33.5, compared to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)'s score of 24.6.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports vision. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) does not support vision.