Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) by Anthropic or Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High): 51.9% less intelligence, 852.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 66.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 37.8 | 18.2 | −51.9% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 51.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $94.07 | $896.39 | +852.9% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 9.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 27.77s | 46.29s | +66.7% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 66.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.38 / $2.25 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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