Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen-Max (Qwen2.5-Max)

Qwen-Max (Qwen2.5-Max) is about 3.6× cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8 on blended token cost ($2.80 vs $10 per 1M).

SpecClaude Opus 4.8Qwen-Max (Qwen2.5-Max)
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba
StatusGAGA
Input $/1M$5$1.60
Output $/1M$25$6.40
Blended $/1M$10$2.80
Context1M33K
Max output128K8K
Cutoff2026-01