Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

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

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.219.3−62.3% Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reas… is 62.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)23.21s18.87s−18.7% Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reas… is 18.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.25 / $2.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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