Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking vs Qwen3.5 397B
Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking #69 (Estimated); Qwen3.5 397B #71 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Qwen3.5 397B share 12 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 4 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking; 43 to Qwen3.5 397B.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 12
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking only
- 4
- Qwen3.5 397B only
- 43
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Qwen3.5 397B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Δ | Qwen3.5 397B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B56.5 |
| Coding | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B66.5 |
| Reasoning | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B63.2 |
| Knowledge | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B56.6 |
| Math | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B90.6 |
| Multilingual | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B84.7 |
| Multimodal | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B79.6 |
| Inst. Following | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B92.6 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Qwen3.5 397B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Qwen3.5 397B$0.6 input / $3.6 output | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Qwen3.5 397B96 tok/s | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Opus 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Qwen3.5 397B2.44 s | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking200K | Qwen3.5 397B128K | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic18 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Qwen3.5 397B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 89.5% | 95.6% | Qwen3.5 397B leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 52.5% | Not comparable |
| BrowseCompSource | — | 62% | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 56.8% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 51.8% | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | — | 68.4% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 43.7% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 37.6% | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | — | 36.3% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 46.1% | Not comparable |
| MCP-TasksSource | — | 74.2% | Not comparable |
| WideResearchSource | — | 74.0% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 46.76% | Not comparable |
| ResearchClawBenchSource | — | 14.2% | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | — | 19.9% | Not comparable |
| APEX-Agents-AASource | — | 15.3% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 23.1% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 962 | Not comparable |
Coding6 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Qwen3.5 397B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibe Code BenchSource | 20.63% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 49.5% | 42.0% | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking leads |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 76.2% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBench v6Source | — | 83.6% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 50.9% | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | — | 48.2% | Not comparable |
Reasoning4 benchmarks
Knowledge13 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Qwen3.5 397B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 40.8% | 33.7% | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 86.6% | 89.3% | Qwen3.5 397B leads |
| AA-HLESource | 28.4% | 27.3% | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 13.3% | -29.8% | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 45.7% | 31.4% | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 59.8% | 89.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking leads |
| AA MMLU-ProSource | 89.5% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQASource | — | 88.4% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 70.4% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 87.8% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ReduxSource | — | 94.9% | Not comparable |
| C-EvalSource | — | 93% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 28.7% | Not comparable |
Math5 benchmarks
Multilingual3 benchmarks
Multimodal8 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Qwen3.5 397B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 74.0% | 77.3% | Qwen3.5 397B leads |
| Design Arena WebsiteSource | 1277 | — | Not comparable |
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 79% | Not comparable |
| MathVisionSource | — | 88.6% | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | — | 80.8% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 84.7% | Not comparable |
| ScreenSpot ProSource | — | 65.6% | Not comparable |
| V*Source | — | 95.8% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Qwen3.5 397B on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Qwen3.5 397B today?
Qwen3.5 397B: $0.60 input / $3.60 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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