Claude Opus 5 (High) vs Qwen3 1.7B (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (High) vs Qwen3 1.7B (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
48.10
Total cost
$4332
AlibabaQwen3 1.7B (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.90
Total cost
-
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 5 (High)Qwen3 1.7B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)48.14.9−89.8% Qwen3 1.7B (Non-reaso… is 89.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$4,331.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)24.66sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0—
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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