Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Claude Opus 4.7 leads Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 on coding, 67.5 to 39.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 costs 13.9x less per output token ($1.80 vs $25.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 21 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20: which to pick
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 for coding: it scores 67.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.5 for Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20.
Pick Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 for output tokens 13.9x cheaper ($1.80 vs $25.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($1.35 against $2.95).
- Shared results
- 21
- Claude Opus 4.7 only
- 88
- Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 only
- 4
- 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
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 scores 67.5 against 39.5.
4 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.7 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 40.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.7 has a AA Agentic Index result, 38.6.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 leads, 90.2% against 87.4%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 leads, 96.3% against 86.0%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 leads, 89.9% against 87.2%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Claude Opus 4.7 $0.018, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $0.0012 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Claude Opus 4.7 $2.95, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $1.35.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.7 67.5 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 39.5 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 68.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Vending-Bench 2: Claude Opus 4.7 $10,937 against Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $1, 68.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.7 $25.00 against Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $1.80 per million output tokens, 13.9x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1M tokens.
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 4.7 | Bars | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 3 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 20 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index21
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1558 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 73.6 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.1% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 82.0% | 71.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 71.0% | 15.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 43.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 68.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| FrontierCode | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 44.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| WeirdML | 76.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| MirrorCode | 31.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 608.9 | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1519 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1516 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1560 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1554 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1577 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Codebase QnA | 40.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Refactoring | 48.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Test Writing | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 40.7 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.8 | 146.2 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 38.6 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 51.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 23.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 63.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 88.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 49.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| PostTrainBench | 28.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $10,937 | $1 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Search | 1230 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| MCP Atlas | 79.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | 87.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 85.5% | 22.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.2% | 84.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| ARC-AGI | 93.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| SimpleBench | 61.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 41.0% | 8.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Mystery game puzzles | 28.0% | 17.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| EBR-bench | 19.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1521 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1508 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1336 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 96.3% | 86.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 97.8% | 86.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 70.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| ProofBench | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1498 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1509 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| MathArena | 20.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.9% | 87.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.3% | 85.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 68.4% | 59.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.1% | 65.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 75.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 70.3% | 60.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 95.2% | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 54.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 51.7% | 25.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1508 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1495 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1504 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1490 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 56.1% | 30.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 67.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| IFBench | 58.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| DTBench | 94.7% | 80.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LMCA | 52.2% | 36.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 19.8% | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 33.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| ExploitBench | 26.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| CL-bench Life | Not measured | 12.4% | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1490 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1498 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1486 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1317 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1496 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1480 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1531 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1495 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1474 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1464 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1503 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1494 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1494 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1489 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1505 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1505 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1492 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1474 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1322 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1371 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1327 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1309 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1278 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1326 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1495 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1311 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | 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
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 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 4.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 16, 2026 | April 27, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $25.00 | $1.80 |
| Coding index | 67.5 | 39.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.95 | $1.35 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.7 better than Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 for coding?
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 for coding: it scores 67.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.5 for Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20. Pick Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 for output tokens 13.9x cheaper ($1.80 vs $25.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($1.35 against $2.95).
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20?
Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 costs $0.30 and $1.80. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Claude Opus 4.7 costs $2.95 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $1.35.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20?
Neither: both take 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 comparison based on?
21 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.7's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.