Claude Opus 5 (Low) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5 (Low) by Anthropic or Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Opus 5 (Low)
Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Opus 5 (Low): 48.7% less intelligence, 29.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 23.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5 (Low) | Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 39.4 | 20.2 | −48.7% Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reas… is 48.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,560.91 | $2,022.49 | +29.6% Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reas… is 29.6% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.18s | 13.84s | +23.8% Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reas… is 23.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $5.00 / $25.0 | $0.50 / $3.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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