Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Too close to call on our weighted score (Claude Haiku 4.5 57, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 55). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507
55/100- ECI143.8
- Price$0.30 / $2.90
- Context262K
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5
57/100- ECI142.2
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context200K
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Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Claude Haiku 4.5 57/100, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 55/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 for raw capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 143.8 · Claude Haiku 4.5 142.2
- Lowest priceQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 $0.95 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 262,144 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 4.5Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507: Text · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 69 | 67 |
| Price | 25% | 49 | 34 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 35 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 37 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 55/100 | 57/100 |
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| Specification | Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba (Qwen) | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 143.8 (best) | 142.2 |
| ECI rank | #93 of 165 (best) | #102 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 80.1% (best) | 71.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 86.7% (best) | 66.7% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 40.4% (best) | 13.2% |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.30 (best) | $1.00 |
| Output | $2.90 (best) | $5.00 |
| Cached input | — | $0.10 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.95 (best) | $2.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 11 providers | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 81,920 tokens (best) | 64,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | OpenApache 2.0 | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | claude-haiku-4-5 |
| API providers | 12 | 48 (best) |
| Released | Jul 25, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Feb 28, 2025 |
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- Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507$8.80
- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 or Claude Haiku 4.5?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Claude Haiku 4.5 57/100, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 55/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 for raw capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper at $0.30 input / $2.90 output per million tokens (median across 11 API providers). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.95 per million tokens for Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (2.1× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 143.8 (#93 of 165) and Claude Haiku 4.5 142.2 (#102 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (141.9–145.2 vs 139.4–143.9), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 80.1%, Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 86.7%, Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%; SimpleQA Verified — Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 40.4%, Claude Haiku 4.5 13.2%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 up to 81,920, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 accepts text; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Haiku 4.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 came out Jul 25, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 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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