Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | anthropic | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $2.00/M | $0.15/M |
| Output Price | $10.00/M | $1.88/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,024,000 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 235,929 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Qwen3.8 27B costs $0.62 and Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) costs $4.50, so Qwen3.8 27B is about 7.3 times cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,000,000 and 1,024,000 tokens, about 1,500 and 1,536 pages.
Only Qwen3.8 27B offers video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Qwen3.8 27B on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) was released in September 2026 and Qwen3.8 27B in August 2026.
Pick Qwen3.8 27B if you need lower cost, video input or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 132 | 133 |
| Code Completion | 117 | 131 |
| Code Documentation | 129 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 117 | 119 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 132 | 133 |
| JSON Extraction | 121 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 118 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 136 | 137 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 113 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 120 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →