Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) by Anthropic or Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High): 27.0% less intelligence, 1258.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 97.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 37.8 | 27.6 | −27.0% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 27.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $94.07 | $1,277.59 | +1258.1% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 14× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 29.47s | 58.08s | +97.1% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 97.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.50 / $3.00 | |
| 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.
- Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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