Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 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-Flash-Next vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 8.3% less intelligence, 9.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 84.6% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 39.8 | −8.3% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 8.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $362.72 | +9.8% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 9.8% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 327.94s | 50.47s | −84.6% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 84.6% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.15 / $0.47 | |
| 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-Flash-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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