Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads Claude Opus 4.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.2 to 22.8, and Qwen3.7 Plus costs 58.6x less per output token ($1.28 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 46 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or Mystery game puzzles, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 46
- Claude Opus 4.1 only
- 27
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 29
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 25.2 against 22.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a AA Agentic Index result, 17.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 76.3%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a AIME result, 78.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 1269 against 1177.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus takes 1M tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus
Claude Opus 4.1 $0.052, Qwen3.7 Plus $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 14.6 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: Claude Opus 4.1 68.9% against Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%, 24.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 58.6x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.1 | Bars | Qwen3.7 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 1 | 7 | ||
| General | 1 | 19 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 42 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index11
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 55.9 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 66.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 46.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 10.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Cybench | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1479 | 1473 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1456 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1399 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.8 | 25.2 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.1 | 147.0 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 17.5 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 16.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| METR time horizons | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GDPval | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 2.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 90.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 77.3% | 87.9% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| SimpleBench | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 21.0% | 17.0% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| EBR-bench | 7.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| VPCT | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1442 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1438 | 1466 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1451 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1295 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 68.9% | 93.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 12.6% | 34.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1431 | 1467 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1434 | 1470 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 61.1% | 66.2% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 93.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1422 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1416 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1421 | 1451 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1406 | 1435 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 40.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1177 | 1269 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1165 | 1261 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1171 | 1262 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1166 | 1276 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1153 | 1239 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1171 | 1269 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1152 | 1208 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | 1143 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index119
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.4% | 39.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 53.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| DTBench | 80.0% | 84.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMCA | 37.1% | 37.6% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1435 | 1439 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1412 | 1438 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1278 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | 1458 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | 1445 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1427 | 1509 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: German | 1413 | 1471 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | 1412 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1381 | 1413 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: French | 1433 | 1472 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1448 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1422 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | 1449 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1444 | 1459 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1455 | 1454 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1418 | 1437 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1398 | 1422 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1280 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1332 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1288 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1444 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 5, 2025 | June 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 200K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $15.00 | $0.32 |
| Output $/Mtok | $75.00 | $1.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 33.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or Mystery game puzzles, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?
46 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.