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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-07-02.
| Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | anthropic | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 92.0 | 66.1 |
| Input Price | $2.00/M | $0.28/M |
| Output Price | $10.00/M | $2.40/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 262,140 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 88.0 | 61.1 |
| ai_index_agentic | 77.0 | 44.6 |
| ai_index_coding | 100.0 | 88.6 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 171 | 159 |
| Code Review | 167 | 152 |
| Code Completion | 119 | 129 |
| Code Refactoring | 164 | 148 |
| Bug Fixing | 180 | 162 |
| Unit Test Generation | 154 | 144 |
| Code Documentation | 141 | 134 |
| Regex Writing | 135 | 131 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 144 | 135 |
| Frontend Component Design | 146 | 140 |
| Data Analysis | 171 | 158 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 153 | 145 |
| ETL Scripting | 154 | 142 |
| JSON Extraction | 138 | 146 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 124 | 134 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 146 | 141 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 146 | 141 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 159 | 145 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 122 | 129 |
| Blog Post Writing | 140 | 132 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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