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Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime is 1.4× cheaper for the sample workload; both have the same context window.

MetricAnthropic: Claude Opus 5.5Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Model IDanthropic/claude-opus-5.5qwen/qwen3.8-max-prime
Prompt price$4.00 / 1M tokens$4.00 / 1M tokens
Completion price$20.00 / 1M tokens$12.00 / 1M tokens
Context1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Tool calling✓✓
Structured outputs✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Response format✓✓
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Input modalitiestext, image, filetext, image, video
Output modalitiestexttext
Added2026-09-222026-09-23

Sample workload

Chat app: 1,000 prompt + 500 completion tokens × 100 requests per day.

CostAnthropic: Claude Opus 5.5Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Per day$1.40$1.00
Per 30 days$42.00$30.00

Difference: $0.40 per day and $12.00 per 30 days.

Data updated 2026-10-30