Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3 Max vs Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking comes out ahead, 59 to 47 and 30 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5
47/100- ECI142.2
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context200K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 Max
30/100- ECI142.4
- Price$1.20 / $6.00
- Context262K
- Our pickAlibaba (Qwen)
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking
59/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.97
- Context66K
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is our pick
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47) and Qwen3 Max (30). It leads on price. Qwen3 Max wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingQwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking $0.43 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 · Qwen3 Max $2.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3 MaxQwen3 Max 262,144 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking 65,536 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingClaude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Qwen3 Max: Text · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking: Text, Images, Audio, Video
- Self-hostingQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3 Max | Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 34 | 30 | 64 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 80 | 25 | 80 |
| Context window | 20% | 32 | 37 | 12 |
| Overall | 100% | 47/100 | 30/100 | 59/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | Qwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) | Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 142.2 | 142.4 (best) | — |
| ECI rank | #102 of 165 | #101 of 165 (best) | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 71.2% | 72.6% (best) | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | 19.0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 66.7% | 73.3% (best) | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 13.2% | 48.8% (best) | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.00 | $1.20 | $0.25 (best) |
| Output | $5.00 | $6.00 | $0.97 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.10 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $2.00 | $2.40 | $0.43 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Anthropic API | Official Alibaba API | Median of 1 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens |
| Max output | 64,000 tokens | 65,536 tokens (best) | 16,384 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | Yes |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | OpenApache-2.0 |
| API model ID | claude-haiku-4-5 | qwen3-max | — |
| API providers | 48 (best) | 13 | 1 |
| Released | Oct 15, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Feb 28, 2025 | Apr 2025 | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
- Qwen3 Max$24.00
- Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking$4.44
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5, Qwen3 Max or Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking?
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47) and Qwen3 Max (30). It leads on price. Qwen3 Max wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5, Qwen3 Max or Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking?
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.97 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); Qwen3 Max costs $1.20 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.43 per million tokens for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (4.7× as much) and $2.40 for Qwen3 Max (5.6× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Claude Haiku 4.5 has an ECI of 142.2, Qwen3 Max has an ECI of 142.4 and Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 4.5, Qwen3 Max and Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Max has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 65,536 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000, Qwen3 Max up to 65,536, Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking up to 16,384 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Qwen3 Max accepts text; Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking accepts text, images, audio and video. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Max is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Qwen3 Max came out Sep 23, 2025; Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking came out Sep 22, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025, Qwen3 Max Apr 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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