Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 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 (Max)
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 8.1% less intelligence, 697.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 82.0% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 39.9 | −8.1% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 8.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $2,632.05 | +697.0% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 8.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 354.68s | 63.76s | −82.0% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 82.0% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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