Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) 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.

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 (Medium)Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.819.3−56.9% Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reas… is 56.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.14s19.22s+46.3% Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reas… is 46.3% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.25 / $2.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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