Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s strongest model for coding and long-running professional tasks. It is built for agents that operate across entire workflows rather than single prompts, making it especially effective...
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch)
Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is an open-weight sparse mixture-of-experts model from Qwen and the open-weight variant of [Qwen3.8 Max](/qwen/qwen3.8-max), with 95 billion active parameters out of 2.4 trillion total. It is...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) | Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1M | 1.0M | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.50 | $2.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $12.50 | $6.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) better than Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch)?
Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) and Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch)?
Input: $2.50 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.50 vs $6.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) and Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) support?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) supports up to 1M tokens. Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) and Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch): yes. Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch): yes.