Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.1 leads Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.8 to 9.9, and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 39.5x less per output token ($1.90 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Claude Opus 4.1 Replace Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic

Coding: No data
Overall: 50.2
Output $/M: $75.00

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $1.90

vs boards won of 29 shared

Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: which to pick

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

Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by LMArena Text: expert or LMArena Text: science, where it leads.

Model AClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task Model BQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task

294720

Shared results: 29
Claude Opus 4.1 only: 47
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct only: 20
Like-for-like categories: 6 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 leads, 22.8 against 9.9.
Same board, both measured
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
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1176.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct takes 262K tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Claude Opus 4.1 $0.052, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $0.0012 per turn.
List prices

At a glance

Coding index: Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct not benchmarked.
Widest category: Intelligence, 12.9 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap: AA Intelligence Index: Claude Opus 4.1 22.8 against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 9.9, 12.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $1.90 per million output tokens, 39.5x apart.
Context window: Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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
Category	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Coding	2	0
Intelligence	1	0
Reasoning	2	1
Math	2	0
Knowledge	0	4
General	10	7
All shared boards	17	12

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20

Coding benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
LMArena WebDev	1390	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)	66.5%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	64.6%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	11.4%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
Terminal-Bench	38.0%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 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	1438	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: software and IT	1456	1442	Claude Opus 4.1
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 32 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10

Intelligence benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	22.8	9.9	Claude Opus 4.1
Epoch Capabilities Index	144.1	Not measured	Only 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom	Not measured	54.1%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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
DeepResearch Bench	48.3%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21

Reasoning benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	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	77.2%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	11.9%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)	77.3%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
SimpleBench	60.0%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Mystery game puzzles	21.0%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
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	1428	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: expert	1438	1442	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	1451	1439	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Vision: diagrams	Not measured	1255	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: homework	Not measured	1277	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	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
AA Math Index	Not measured	88.3	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	88.3%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
OTIS Mock AIME	68.9%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3	12.6%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
FrontierMath, tier 4	2.4%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text: math	1431	1425	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work	1434	1419	Claude Opus 4.1
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here

KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04

Knowledge benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	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%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
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
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	83.6%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: science	1422	1444	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	1416	1431	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: legal and government	1421	1438	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: business and finance	1406	1433	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
FACTS Benchmark Suite	40.4%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
PRBench Finance	35.2%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
PRBench Legal	34.0%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared

Web design benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
Design Arena: websites	1176	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: UI components	1162	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: game dev	1171	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: data viz	1166	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: 3D	1152	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: all code categories	1170	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: SVG	1151	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art	1167	Not measured	Only 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 index107

General benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)	31.4%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)	73.9%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
IFBench	Not measured	56.5%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	Not measured	63.7%	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
DTBench	80.0%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMCA	37.1%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)	84.7%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text	1419	1420	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: instruction following	1435	1406	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: creative writing	1412	1366	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Vision	Not measured	1247	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: English	1433	1429	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: non-English	1405	1405	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Chinese	1427	1463	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: German	1413	1424	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Japanese	1377	1385	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Korean	1381	1394	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: French	1433	1452	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Spanish	1448	1428	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Russian	1422	1408	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Polish	1413	1419	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: multi-turn	1444	1428	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: longer queries	1455	1419	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: writing and language	1418	1392	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	1398	1368	Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Vision: English	Not measured	1256	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese	Not measured	1283	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: reading text	Not measured	1253	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: humor	Not measured	1209	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: captioning	Not measured	1281	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things	Not measured	1249	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing	Not measured	1220	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
MultiChallenge	57.2%	Not measured	Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	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

Claude Opus 4.1$0.052Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.0012Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$0.975Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.016Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$3.75Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.061Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Specification	Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Maker	Anthropic	Qwen
Weights	No public weights listed	Open weights
Released	August 5, 2025	September 23, 2025
Context window	200K	262K
Input $/Mtok	$15.00	$0.21
Output $/Mtok	$75.00	$1.90
Coding index	Not benchmarked	Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it	1	0
Cost per solved task	Not computable	Not computable
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by LMArena Text: expert or LMArena Text: science, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.21 and $1.90. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, with 262K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct comparison based on?

29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Reasoning

Math

Knowledge

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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