Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku and Qwen: Qwen3 Max. Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.
Verdict
strong confidenceQwen: Qwen3 Max leads overall
Qwen: Qwen3 Max leads in context window and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku remains competitive with advantages in capabilities.
Best for with Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku
Best for with Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Side-by-side
Technical specifications
| Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Input price | $0.80/M | $0.78/M |
| Output price | $4/M | $4/M |
| Context window | 200K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 33K |
| Capabilities | Tool useVision | Tool use |
| Released | Nov 3, 2024 | Sep 23, 2025 |
Scoring breakdown
How each dimension compares
Price
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku
$4/M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
$4/M tokens
Context Window
Qwen: Qwen3 Max leadsAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku
200K tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
262K tokens
Capabilities
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku leadsAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku
2/4
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
1/4
Max Output
Qwen: Qwen3 Max leadsAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku
8K tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
33K tokens
Recency
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku
Nov 2024
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Sep 2025
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