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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Claude Haiku 3

Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 56 to 36 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)

    Released Jan 2024

    36/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.50 / $1.40
    • Context8K
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  2. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 3

    Released Mar 13, 2024

    56/100
    • ECI118.4
    • Price$0.25 / $1.25
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 3

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01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 3 is our pick

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (36). It leads on price, inputs & features and 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 priceClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) $0.725 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 8,192 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): Text · Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Claude Haiku 3
Price50%5764
Inputs & features30%2560
Context window20%032
Overall100%36/10056/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Claude Haiku 3 specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba (Qwen)Claude Haiku 3Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—118.4
ECI rank—#143 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—36.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—1.8%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.50$0.25 (best)
Output$1.40$1.25 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.725$0.50 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIMedian of 2 providers
Limits
Context window8,192 tokens200,000 tokens (best)
Max output512 tokens4,096 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDqwen-plus-character-ja—
API providers12 (best)
ReleasedJan 2024Mar 13, 2024
Knowledge cutoffApr 2024Aug 31, 2023
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)$7.80
  • Claude Haiku 3$5.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Claude Haiku 3?

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (36). It leads on price, inputs & features and 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, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Claude Haiku 3?

Claude Haiku 3 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $1.25 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) costs $0.50 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.50 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 3 versus $0.725 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has not been scored yet and Claude Haiku 3 has an ECI of 118.4.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Claude Haiku 3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 3 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 8,192 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese). Maximum output per response: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) up to 512, Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) accepts text; Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Haiku 3 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Claude Haiku 3 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 3 is the newest, released Mar 13, 2024. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) came out Jan 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) Apr 2024, Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023.

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 Oct 4, 2026.

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