Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) by Anthropic or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 32.6% more intelligence, 46.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 56.5% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 39.9 | +32.6% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 32.6% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $2,632.05 | −46.6% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 46.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 148.96s | 64.84s | −56.5% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 56.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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