Qwen3.7-Max vs Claude Sonnet 5
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
Qwen3.7-MaxIntro price
by Alibaba
2 providers:
Alibaba $2.50/$7.50
Together $1.25/$3.75
|
Claude Sonnet 5Intro price
by Anthropic
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship | Current mid tier |
| Released | May 20, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.50/Mtok | $2.00/Mtok |
| Output | $7.50/Mtok | $10.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $5.00/Mtok | $6.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.250/Mtok | $0.200/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
textimage
|
| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis, Alibaba, Qwen model card / Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 68 vendor | 96.2 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 45 vendor | 85.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 25 vendor | 57.4 |
| HumanEval | 84 vendor | 85.2 |
| Avg benchmark score | — | 81.5 |
| Perf / dollar | — | 13.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | — | 80.4 |
| BrowseComp | — | 84.7 |
| OSWorld-Verified | — | 81.2 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 28 vendor | — |
| AIME 2025 | 70 vendor | — |
| MMMLU | 80 vendor | — |
| BFCL | 68 vendor | — |
| MATH 500 | 76 vendor | — |
| AutoBench | — | 13.5 |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 46 | 53.4 |
| AA Agentic Index | 30.6 | 46.7 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 14.1 | 15.3 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1271.8 ELO | 1601.2 ELO |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Alibaba — $2.50/$7.50/Mtok
Together — $1.25/$3.75/Mtok
|
Anthropic — $2.00/$10.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Qwen3.7-Max | Claude Sonnet 5 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $5 | $6 | $1 (16.7%) |
| 10M tokens | $50 | $60 | $10 (16.7%) |
| 100M tokens | $500 | $600 | $100 (16.7%) |
| 1000M tokens | $5000 | $6000 | $1000 (16.7%) |
The cheaper option here — Qwen3.7-Max costs $5.00/Mtok blended on Alibaba.
Summary
Qwen3.7-Max by Alibaba costs $2.50/Mtok input and $7.50/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input and is available from 2 providers.
Claude Sonnet 5 by Anthropic costs $2.00/Mtok input and $10.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, Qwen3.7-Max is 16.7% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 5.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Claude Sonnet 5 has published per-benchmark results, while Qwen3.7-Max does not yet — it is measured today on independent composites (see the table above).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.