Claude Opus 4.6 (Max) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)

Claude Opus 4.6 (Max) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6 (Max)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
31.90
Total cost
-
AlibabaQwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)Off the frontier
Intelligence
33.70
Total cost
$1336
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.6 (Max)Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)31.933.7+5.6% Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) is 5.6% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,336.09— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)37.72s60.71s+60.9% Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) is 60.9% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.50 / $3.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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