Model comparison
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 49.5 on the Noometry Index. Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 54.4 to 35.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Furniture Assembly: 47.5% for Claude Haiku 5.5 and 20% for Qwen3.8 Max.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
Side by side
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 49.5 | 56.8 |
| Released | 2026-10-07 | 2026-08-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 49.2 (#50), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1587 | 1674 |
| DeepSWE | — | 57.5% |
| FrontierSWE | — | 17.8% |
| SciCode | — | 53.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1502 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 63.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 55.1% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 23.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 35.2 (#69), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 65.7% | 88.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 30% | 38% |
| CritPt | — | 20% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 40% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1496 |
| DTBench | — | 92% |
| LMCA | — | 46.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.41 |
Math Too close to call
Claude Haiku 5.5: 73.6 (#18), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 75.1% | 74.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46.3% | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.9% | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1499 |
Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 50.8 (#70), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.6% | 92.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 23.8% | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1507 |
Multimodal Claude Haiku 5.5 leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 43.7 (#21), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 47.5% | 20% |
| LMArena Vision | — | 1314 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1538 |
| LMArena French | — | 1503 |
| LMArena German | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1467 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1461 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1481 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1492 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1479 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1489 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1479 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1489 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 49.5 on the Noometry Index. Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3.8 Max?
Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max lists at $2 and $6.
Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?
Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 49.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen3.8 Max share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Haiku 5.5 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.