Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) by Anthropic or Qwen3 Coder Next by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low)
Qwen3 Coder Next vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low): 68.8% less intelligence, 1080.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 41.6% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Qwen3 Coder Next | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.5 | 9.2 | −68.8% Qwen3 Coder Next is 68.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $34.31 | $405.10 | +1080.7% Qwen3 Coder Next is 12× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.63s | 6.21s | −41.6% Qwen3 Coder Next is 41.6% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.31 / $1.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
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 Coder Next is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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