Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) 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 (Low)
Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low): 6.4% less intelligence, 3623.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 407.2% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.5 | 27.6 | −6.4% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 6.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $34.31 | $1,277.59 | +3623.7% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 37× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.45s | 58.08s | +407.2% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 407.2% 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 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- 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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