Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) 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 (Max)
Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 36.4% less intelligence, 252.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 83.8% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 27.6 | −36.4% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 36.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $1,165.00 | +252.8% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 3.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 347.67s | 56.45s | −83.8% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 83.8% faster |
| 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 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- 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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