Claude Sonnet 5 (Xhigh) vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Claude Sonnet 5 (Xhigh) vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 (Xhigh)Off the frontier
Intelligence
34.40
Total cost
$3255
AlibabaQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.90
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 Sonnet 5 (Xhigh)Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)34.49.9−71.2% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 71.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$3,255.40Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)30.12s12.40s−58.8% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 58.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.21 / $1.39
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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