Claude Sonnet 5vs.Qwen 3.8 27B
Which one is better?
Claude Sonnet 5 is clearly ahead in the overall index, but costs 50 times (input) and 4 times (output) as much per token.
29
Claude Sonnet 5
Rank 35 to 43
11
Qwen 3.8 27B
Rank 44 to 57
86
Claude Sonnet 5
fairly slow
40
Qwen 3.8 27B
slow
$4
Claude Sonnet 5
fairly expensive
$0.66
Qwen 3.8 27B
fairly cheap
Claude Sonnet 5
- Subscription
At Anthropic from €21.42 a month (Claude Pro). Through other providers from ≈ €6.36 a month (ElevenLabs Starter, with limited credits). 57 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$2 input, $10 output per 1M tokens according to the provider; the price index has listed it at $2.20 and $11 since Oct 15, 2026.
- Note
- There is a successor: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (rank 2 to 6, same price).
Qwen 3.8 27B
- Subscription
No Alibaba subscription includes this model. Through other providers from ≈ €1.06 a month (Command Code Go, with limited credits). 10 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$0.04 input, $2.50 output per 1M tokens according to the provider; the price index has listed it at $0.42 and $3 since Oct 27, 2026.
Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT
Where is the difference?
Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.
Sonnet 5 ahead: 6Qwen 3.8 27B ahead: 0level: 3too little data: 1of 10 areas
AreaSonnet 5Qwen 3.8 27B0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Areas in the overall index
CodingSonnet 5 aheadSonnet 5: 34Qwen 3.8 27B: 13
ReasoninglevelSonnet 5: 27Qwen 3.8 27B: 6
MathematicsSonnet 5 aheadSonnet 5: 32Qwen 3.8 27B: 8
KnowledgeSonnet 5 aheadSonnet 5: 15Qwen 3.8 27B: 5
AgentslevelSonnet 5: 36Qwen 3.8 27B: 21
Generalonly Sonnet 5 has a scoreSonnet 5: 20Qwen 3.8 27B: not enough data
MultimodalSonnet 5 aheadSonnet 5: 23Qwen 3.8 27B: 13
Specialist fields
FinanceSonnet 5 aheadSonnet 5: 55Qwen 3.8 27B: 34
LegalSonnet 5 aheadSonnet 5: 42Qwen 3.8 27B: 23
HealthlevelSonnet 5: 24Qwen 3.8 27B: 3
Show 2 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
AreaSonnet 5Qwen 3.8 27B0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Cybersecuritytoo little dataSonnet 5: 28Qwen 3.8 27B: 19
Productivityonly Sonnet 5 has a scoreSonnet 5: 48Qwen 3.8 27B: not enough data
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.
Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
Claude Sonnet 5
Reasoning (requested): high
Current attempt
- Run date
- Sep 7, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
- API model reported in response
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Pinned endpoint
- Anthropic | anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-20260630
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
- Response time
- 47.9 s
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
Qwen 3.8 27B
Not tested yet
Prompt and test conditions
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)SVG short test
SVG short test
One SVG task with the same fixed settings for every model, without hidden thinking.
Shared test round: 43b8c5c46830
Claude Sonnet 5
Unavailable in this round
Qwen 3.8 27B
Test details
API reports 0 reasoning tokensAPI model: qwen/qwen3.8-27b865 output tokensAll data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen 3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall index0 to 100, higher is better | 29 | 11 |
| Rank | Rank 35 to 43 of 95 | Rank 44 to 57 of 95 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $2 | $0.04 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $10 | $2.50 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 86 | 40 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages | 262,144 tokens≈ 390 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | January 2026 | n/a |
| Released | Jun 30, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Active |
| Open weights | no | yes |
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: Claude Sonnet 5B: Qwen 3.8 27B
Code MigrationOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 44.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 14.2%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterClaude Sonnet 5: 4.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CyberBench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 61.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 67.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMBOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 66.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 59.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 53.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 48.6%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterClaude Sonnet 5: 1,076.24 eloQwen 3.8 27B: 1,370.88 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GPQA DiamondOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 88.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
IOIOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 45%Qwen 3.8 27B: 39.1%Vals AIAs of 10/24/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 41.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 36.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 83.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 82.4%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
Show 54 more benchmarks
LiveCodeBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 82.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 84%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MedCodeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 47.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 28.7%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
MedScribeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 76.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 83.8%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
MMLU ProOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 87.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 84.3%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMMU ProOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 83%Qwen 3.8 27B: 83.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MortgageTaxOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 70%Qwen 3.8 27B: 64.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
ProofBench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 77%Qwen 3.8 27B: 16%Vals AIAs of 10/24/2026
SkillsBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 46.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 38.1%Vals AIAs of 09/27/2026
SWE-bench VerifiedOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 79.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 86%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 29.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 30.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
TaxEval v2Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 75.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 70.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 74.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 58.4%Vals AIAs of 10/01/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 5.7%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/25/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 81.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 64.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Code MigrationCLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 36.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 2.2%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterClaude Sonnet 5: 15.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 5.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CyberBench v1.1Patch · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 82.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 83.9%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMBComps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 69.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 53.3%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 48.7%Qwen 3.8 27B: 47.3%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterClaude Sonnet 5: 1,366.65 eloQwen 3.8 27B: 1,427.26 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GPQA DiamondFew-Shot CoT · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 87.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
IOIIOI 2024 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 50.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 31.8%Vals AIAs of 10/24/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 54.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 45.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchConclusion Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 89.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.4%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBenchEasy · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 98.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 99.1%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMLU ProBiology · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 93.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 91.5%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MortgageTaxNumerical Extraction · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 78.7%Qwen 3.8 27B: 69.4%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchAlmost Resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 13.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 1%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
SkillsBenchNo Skills · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 35.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 19.1%Vals AIAs of 09/27/2026
SWE-bench Verified<15 min fix · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 83.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 90.2%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 10%Qwen 3.8 27B: 6.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
TaxEval v2Correctness · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 64%Qwen 3.8 27B: 60.1%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Easy · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 100%Qwen 3.8 27B: 50%Vals AIAs of 10/01/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceEarth Sciences · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/25/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 68.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 50%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterClaude Sonnet 5: 8.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CyberBench v1.1PoC · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 41.7%Qwen 3.8 27B: 51.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMBDataroom · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 84.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 79.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 42.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 36.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterClaude Sonnet 5: 1,167.05 eloQwen 3.8 27B: 1,389.29 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GPQA DiamondZero-Shot CoT · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 90.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
IOIIOI 2025 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 42%Qwen 3.8 27B: 48.5%Vals AIAs of 10/24/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 87.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchInterpretation Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 81.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 82%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBenchHard · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 66.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 65.7%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMLU ProBusiness · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 91.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 90.2%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MortgageTaxSemantic Extraction · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 61.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 60.5%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchFully Resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
SkillsBenchWith Skills · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 46.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 38.1%Vals AIAs of 09/27/2026
SWE-bench Verified>4 hours · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 66.7%Qwen 3.8 27B: 66.7%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 57.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 48.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
TaxEval v2Stepwise Reasoning · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 87.2%Qwen 3.8 27B: 81.6%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Hard · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Sonnet 5: 57.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 43.3%Vals AIAs of 10/01/2026
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