Model comparison
Qwen3 Max Thinking vs Claude 4 Sonnet
Capability radar, value bars, and side-by-side posture.
Qwen3 Max Thinking
Not scored
value score
Claude 4 Sonnet
91
value score
Qwen3 Max Thinking ctx
—
Claude 4 Sonnet ctx
200K
Capability radar
Value · context · multimodal · openness · speed posture
Value head-to-head
- Claude 4 Sonnet91
Attribute tape
| Field | Qwen3 Max Thinking | Claude 4 Sonnet |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Qwen | Anthropic |
| Context | — | 200K |
| Modalities | Text, Code, Image | |
| Openness | — | Proprietary Model |
| Speed | — | Fast |
| Price | — | $3/1M in · $15/1M out |
| Value score | — | 91 |
| Summary | Alibaba Qwen's proprietary flagship reasoning model, designed for deep multi-step analysis, tool use, coding, and agentic workflows via test-time compute scaling. Accessible through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio / DashScope APIs and third-party gateways such as OpenRouter. | Balanced Claude model for coding and agents. |