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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Claude Opus 4.1 leads Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.8 to 11.9, and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs 50.0x less per output token ($1.50 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 38 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Claude Opus 4.1 Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic
Coding
No data
Overall
50.2
Output $/M
$75.00
38
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
0
vs boards won of 38 shared

Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
38
Claude Opus 4.1 only
35
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
15
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.

At a glance

Coding index
Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Reasoning, 13.4 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: HTML: Claude Opus 4.1 1399 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 1287, 18.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 50.0x apart.
Context window
Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryClaude Opus 4.1BarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding60
Intelligence10
Reasoning30
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design50
General170
All shared boards380
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
Coding benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured69.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev13901275Claude Opus 4.1
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)66.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured18.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Terminal-Bench38.0%27.2%Claude Opus 4.1
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdML45.9%41.2%Claude Opus 4.1
Cybench42.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured461.4Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: coding14791412Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: software and IT14561393Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1257Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML13991287Claude Opus 4.1
SciCode4.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.811.9Claude Opus 4.1
Epoch Capabilities Index144.1Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured43.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
METR time horizons66.8%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
GDPval43.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
DeepResearch Bench48.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Reasoning benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond76.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)77.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured61.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured4.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)77.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
SimpleBench60.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Mystery game puzzles21.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
EBR-bench7.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
VPCT35.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14421372Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: expert14381338Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14511380Claude Opus 4.1
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured49.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AIME78.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)95.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)94.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured39.3Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
OTIS Mock AIME68.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 312.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
FrontierMath, tier 42.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text: math14311365Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work14341367Claude Opus 4.1
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro87.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)83.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.7%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)61.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)93.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)47.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: science14221347Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14161347Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: legal and government14211358Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: business and finance14061343Claude Opus 4.1
FACTS Benchmark Suite40.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites11771159Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: UI components11651113Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: game dev11711099Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: data viz11661084Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: 3D1153Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: all code categories11711143Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: SVG1152Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1167Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
General benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)31.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)73.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
IFBenchNot measured40.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured45.7%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
DTBench80.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMCA37.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)84.7%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text14191357Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: instruction following14351355Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: creative writing14121333Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: English14331359Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: non-English14051346Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Chinese14271357Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: German14131325Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Japanese13771311Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Korean13811305Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: French14331398Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Spanish14481360Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Russian14221366Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Polish14131344Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn14441366Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: longer queries14551378Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: writing and language14181340Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13981317Claude Opus 4.1
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
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

Claude Opus 4.1$0.052Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$0.975Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$3.75Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 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.

Specifications of Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationAnthropic Claude Opus 4.1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerAnthropicQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 5, 2025July 23, 2025
Context window200K262K
Input $/Mtok$15.00$0.30
Output $/Mtok$75.00$1.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it11
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, with 262K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

38 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 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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