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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen3 Max

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.5 wins:

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

Qwen3 Max wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Max
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Context Window
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Speed
Claude Sonnet 4.5

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3 Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4.5Qwen3 Max
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicQwen
ReleasedSep 2025Sep 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen3 Max Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Max has cheaper input pricing at $0.78/M tokens. Qwen3 Max has cheaper output pricing at $3.90/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 33.5, compared to Qwen3 Max's score of 25.5.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Max has a 262,144 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports vision. Qwen3 Max does not support vision.