Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Anthropic vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher intelligence index (88.2 vs 45.8)
- •Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper ($0.33 vs $3.00 per 1M input)
- •Claude 3 Sonnet is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has a larger context window (1M)
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 45.8 | 88.2 |
| Developer | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 200,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $3.00 / 1M | $0.33 / 1M |
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M | $1.95 / 1M |
| Speed | 120 tok/s | 52 tok/s |
| Released | February 29, 2024 | April 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Claude 3 Sonnet
Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond
40.4
88.2
Humanity’s Last Exam
3.8
25.7